From: web2ed@... (Edward Wilson)
Date: 2002-08-28T14:43:25+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Based App Server

> What does the Ruby community think?

I have wrestled for 6 months with a idea of writing somthing like this
in C++ and embedding Ruby into a C++ shell of rich objects. 
Ultimately I would extend the server using both C/C++ and Ruby.

I have recently come to the conclusion that writing such a beast in
pure Ruby is the only way.  Writing an app server covers so much
ground.  The implementation could remain a prototype for three years
if it were written in C++.  Ruby would be the only way to get off the
ground in less than a year.  Porting would be much easier if the
server were written in pure Ruby.

Application servers are mini-operating systems in their own right.

iPlanet was a disaster; JBoss, BEA, JRun, and Tomcat are fantastic
implementations.  Even Zope/Python has made a run.


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