[#281559] NTLM authentication with httpclient — Jim Clark <diegoslice@...>

I have rewritten my net/http script that I had questions on a couple of

11 messages 2007/12/01

[#281591] question about iterator — Paul Private <paulus4605@...>

dear

15 messages 2007/12/01

[#281603] Identifying a volume as being an iPod — John Joyce <dangerwillrobinsondanger@...>

Does anybody know how to identify a mounted volume as being an iPod ?

21 messages 2007/12/01

[#281612] Why are "Array#push" and "pop" not "push!" and "pop!"? — samppi <rbysamppi@...>

As a novice in Ruby, I love its elegance and consistence; it's now one

30 messages 2007/12/01

[#281653] irb and unix shells — Robert Jones <robertjones21@...>

Can you use irb in place of shells like bash or rc?

21 messages 2007/12/02

[#281779] What are the differences between c++ and Ruby? — "duddilla's" <radhika.duddilla@...>

Hi

13 messages 2007/12/03

[#281810] Everyone's favorite flow control: retry — Charles Oliver Nutter <charles.nutter@...>

Today I was thinking about retry support in JRuby, and figured we've

18 messages 2007/12/03

[#281917] What is the best way to interact with a JDBC database — Venks <venkatesh.mantha@...>

Hi,

14 messages 2007/12/03

[#281965] Rubyisms wanted to shorten code in search program — RichardOnRails <RichardDummyMailbox58407@...>

Hi,

10 messages 2007/12/04

[#282099] Re: Ruby App Distribution — Joe L <superist_joe@...>

I don't see how RubyScript2Exe would work when it's a virtual machine. Would it package the entire virtual machine inside the exe?

12 messages 2007/12/04
[#282102] Re: Ruby App Distribution — "Adam Shelly" <adam.shelly@...> 2007/12/04

On 12/4/07, Joe L <superist_joe@yahoo.com> wrote:

[#282100] I consider this a bug in Ruby... — "Just Another Victim of the Ambient Morality" <ihatespam@...>

I would like to know why the following code doesn't work:

14 messages 2007/12/04

[#282123] Ruby works but not JRuby - when using MySQL Driver — Venks <venkatesh.mantha@...>

Here is the simple Ruby program that works with "Ruby" but gives an

10 messages 2007/12/05

[#282276] Worth an RCR? static_type_check, polymorphic_type_check, quacks_like — John Carter <john.carter@...>

Is there another library like this? I would love it if it were just

17 messages 2007/12/05

[#282277] Capturing STDOUT from a system call (POSIX) into an array — Venks <venkatesh.mantha@...>

What's the best way to capture STDOUT into an Array? I looked at

12 messages 2007/12/05

[#282340] if /hello/ =~line — Peter Loftus <loftuz@...>

Got help with this code earlier its just checking a file for a line

12 messages 2007/12/06

[#282373] function like "function_exits" — Girard Fred <fred.girard@...>

Hi all,

14 messages 2007/12/06

[#282374] regular expression. newbie problem. — Johnathan Smith <stu_09@...>

Hi,

15 messages 2007/12/06
[#282378] Re: regular expression. newbie problem. — Reacher <brandon.g.jones@...> 2007/12/06

On Dec 6, 9:42 am, Johnathan Smith <stu...@hotmail.com> wrote:

[#282413] array iterator that have more arrays that also need iteratio — Raimon Fs <coder@...>

Hello ...

14 messages 2007/12/06
[#282415] Re: array iterator that have more arrays that also need iteratio — Xavier Noria <fxn@...> 2007/12/06

On Dec 6, 2007, at 8:25 PM, Raimon Fs wrote:

[#282447] search-0.0.1 — "ara.t.howard" <ara.t.howard@...>

14 messages 2007/12/06

[#282501] Dynamic local vars — Vasyl Smirnov <vasyl.smirnov@...>

Hi,

14 messages 2007/12/07

[#282605] Word Loop (#149) — Ruby Quiz <james@...>

The three rules of Ruby Quiz:

49 messages 2007/12/07

[#282633] Problem with Hash of Arrays — Jimi Damon <jdamon@...>

I am new to Ruby , but I consider this feature to be a bug.

15 messages 2007/12/07

[#282673] ruby certification — dare ruby <martin@...>

Dear friends,

41 messages 2007/12/08
[#282695] Re: ruby certification — "Austin Ziegler" <halostatue@...> 2007/12/08

On 12/8/07, dare ruby <martin@angleritech.com> wrote:

[#282696] Re: ruby certification — John Joyce <dangerwillrobinsondanger@...> 2007/12/08

Oh, come on.

[#282703] Re: ruby certification — Gregory Seidman <gsslist+ruby@...> 2007/12/08

On Sat, Dec 08, 2007 at 11:25:59PM +0900, John Joyce wrote:

[#282762] Re: ruby certification — Jim Clark <diegoslice@...> 2007/12/09

Gregory Seidman wrote:

[#282779] Re: ruby certification — "Austin Ziegler" <halostatue@...> 2007/12/09

On 12/9/07, Jim Clark <diegoslice@gmail.com> wrote:

[#282942] Re: ruby certification — Jim Clark <diegoslice@...> 2007/12/10

Austin Ziegler wrote:

[#282962] Re: ruby certification — "Todd Benson" <caduceass@...> 2007/12/10

On Dec 10, 2007 12:28 PM, Jim Clark <diegoslice@gmail.com> wrote:

[#282971] Re: ruby certification — "Austin Ziegler" <halostatue@...> 2007/12/10

On 12/10/07, Todd Benson <caduceass@gmail.com> wrote:

[#282684] Looking for a new web framework. — "Tim Uckun" <timuckun@...>

I am looking for a web framework designed to handle multiple domains

16 messages 2007/12/08
[#282752] Re: Looking for a new web framework. — "Mikel Lindsaar" <raasdnil@...> 2007/12/09

Go get Mephisto and put it on rails. Can handle multiple domains, with

[#282748] How much would variable declarations in Ruby make you wince? — "Just Another Victim of the Ambient Morality" <ihatespam@...>

So, I had a conversation with a colleague of mine and he brought up a

60 messages 2007/12/09

[#282822] Confirm My Ruby/GUI investigation? — Wesley Rishel <wes.rishel@...>

I have been reviewing the copious old threads (and the various cited web

14 messages 2007/12/09

[#282995] REXml help - Insert newlines into large xml file — Sean Nakasone <seannakasone@...>

Hello, I have a large xml file that does not have any newlines in it. Can

10 messages 2007/12/11

[#283063] While statements in ruby — Mark Mr <pimea.mark@...>

Hi guys, I have a probably simple question. I dont know how to do

13 messages 2007/12/11

[#283079] opposite .nil? — "Andrew Stone" <stonelists@...>

I've looked around, but could not find a method that is the opposite of

16 messages 2007/12/11

[#283128] How To Avoid Ugly Declerations — Michael Boutros <me@...>

Hello! More and more I find myself having to do something like this:

13 messages 2007/12/12

[#283243] Connecting to Outlook 'Saved Items' folder using win32ole — Alex DeCaria <alex.decaria@...>

Can anyone tell me how to connect to the 'Saved Items' folder in Outlook

11 messages 2007/12/12

[#283396] Showing Running Processes in variable — jackster the jackle <contact@...>

I want to capture the list of running processes on my computer. I am to

13 messages 2007/12/13

[#283432] Newbie Question: What is a class for? — Matthias Borgeson <hibridmatthais@...>

Hello all-

11 messages 2007/12/13

[#283446] Third edition of "Programming Ruby" now in beta — Dave Thomas <dave@...>

Ruby 1.9 is just around the corner, so it looks like a good time to

10 messages 2007/12/13

[#283530] Programmer Ping-Pong (#150) — Ruby Quiz <james@...>

The three rules of Ruby Quiz:

43 messages 2007/12/14
[#283538] Re: [QUIZ] Programmer Ping-Pong (#150) — Paul Irofti <bulibuta@...> 2007/12/14

On 2007-12-14, Ruby Quiz <james@grayproductions.net> wrote:

[#283545] Good Ruby IDE for Debian Linux? — "Steckly, Ron" <rsteckly@...>

Hi all,

19 messages 2007/12/14

[#283574] simple way to turn "foo and bar" to "+foo +bar" — Max Williams <toastkid.williams@...>

I want to add a slightly hacky feature into my boolean mysql search

11 messages 2007/12/14

[#283673] Smallest device to code ruby on? — Casimir P <pikselNOSPAMMi@...>

Whats the smallest gadget you can code (and compile) ruby on?

25 messages 2007/12/15

[#283708] autoindenting ruby — "Martin DeMello" <martindemello@...>

Something most of the "IDE roundup" threads seem to pass over lightly

12 messages 2007/12/15

[#283753] Backslashes in Command Line Arguments — Joseph Pecoraro <joepeck02@...>

In writing a script that takes strings on the command line I have run

13 messages 2007/12/16

[#283811] teams -> members -> users — John Griffiths <indiehead@...>

trying to work this out, giving me a headache,

11 messages 2007/12/16

[#283870] Is there any way to pass further the "hidden" block? — "Chiyuan Zhang" <pluskid@...>

Like this:

13 messages 2007/12/17

[#283917] dividing by two and rounding up — Tom Norian <tomnorian@...>

Hey all...I am hoping for a tip

16 messages 2007/12/17

[#283970] Best compiled language for extending Ruby — Sharkie Landshark <shark.fin.soup@...>

I want to write my core logics in a compiled language for 1) performance

26 messages 2007/12/18

[#284001] String#[] behaviour — DNNX <6aLLIaPuMoB@...>

'asd'[0...10] returns 'asd' while 'asd'[-10..-1] returns nil.

14 messages 2007/12/18

[#284037] New to ruby — bigbrother <Cowboyninja@...>

Hey guys, I'm pretty new to ruby. I've got a question

15 messages 2007/12/18

[#284038] Check if directory exists — Florian Schaf <flo.schaf@...>

hi!

13 messages 2007/12/18

[#284082] Hpricot syntax different from Xpath ? — Celine <xhanrot@...>

Hi all

14 messages 2007/12/18

[#284215] best way to distribute? — Pavel Pvl <pavel989@...>

hi, what is the best way to distribute ruby apps without having the end

23 messages 2007/12/19

[#284268] RubyGems 1.0.0 — Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>

Release 1.0.0 fixes several bugs.

24 messages 2007/12/20
[#284328] Re: [ANN] RubyGems 1.0.0 — Jim Morris <ml@...4net.com> 2007/12/20

After trying to install both from the source and from gem update --system

[#284363] RubyGems 1.0.1 — Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>

= Announce: RubyGems Release 1.0.1

12 messages 2007/12/21

[#284462] Matz says namespaces are too hard to implement - why? — Stefan Rusterholz <apeiros@...>

Short primer: What are namespaces?

40 messages 2007/12/22
[#284478] Re: Matz says namespaces are too hard to implement - why? — Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...> 2007/12/22

On 22.12.2007 04:18, Stefan Rusterholz wrote:

[#284479] Re: Matz says namespaces are too hard to implement - why? — Charles Oliver Nutter <charles.nutter@...> 2007/12/22

Robert Klemme wrote:

[#284486] Re: Matz says namespaces are too hard to implement - why? — Stefan Rusterholz <apeiros@...> 2007/12/22

> Or perhaps, the various implementers will be able to answer this

[#284488] Re: Matz says namespaces are too hard to implement - why? — Charles Oliver Nutter <charles.nutter@...> 2007/12/22

Stefan Rusterholz wrote:

[#284491] Re: Matz says namespaces are too hard to implement - why? — Stefan Rusterholz <apeiros@...> 2007/12/22

Charles Oliver Nutter wrote:

[#284493] Re: Matz says namespaces are too hard to implement - why? — Charles Oliver Nutter <charles.nutter@...> 2007/12/22

Stefan Rusterholz wrote:

[#284494] Re: Matz says namespaces are too hard to implement - why? — Stefan Rusterholz <apeiros@...> 2007/12/22

Charles Oliver Nutter wrote:

[#285031] Re: Matz says namespaces are too hard to implement - why? — "Eivind Eklund" <eeklund@...> 2007/12/27

On Dec 22, 2007 4:22 PM, Charles Oliver Nutter <charles.nutter@sun.com> wrote:

[#285115] Re: Matz says namespaces are too hard to implement - why? — Charles Oliver Nutter <charles.nutter@...> 2007/12/28

Eivind Eklund wrote:

[#284644] C++ Functors and Ruby extensions — "Jason Roelofs" <jameskilton@...>

I wonder if anyone has tried to do what I'm doing and if they've come up

10 messages 2007/12/24

[#284651] Trouble with Readline and Building Ruby 1.9 — "James Herdman" <james.herdman@...>

I'm having a little trouble building Ruby 1.9. I'm building on

14 messages 2007/12/24

[#284720] Ruby 1.9.0 is released — Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...>

Hi,

54 messages 2007/12/25
[#284729] Re: Ruby 1.9.0 is released — Rk Ch <rollingwoods@...> 2007/12/25

Great christmas gift! Thanks for guys hard worked.

[#284786] Re: Ruby 1.9.0 is released — Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...> 2007/12/26

Hi,

[#284800] Re: Ruby 1.9.0 is released — "Jeremy McAnally" <jeremymcanally@...> 2007/12/26

Could you point out some areas that are in dire need of documentation?

[#284731] OT: Polyglot programming article? — Jay Levitt <jay+news@...>

About three or four months ago, I ran across a great article/blog post

10 messages 2007/12/25

[#284772] qt4 bindings, threads — "daniel 虧erud" <daniel.akerud@...>

I couldn't find a mailinglist for the Qt4 Ruby bindings, so I try here. It

11 messages 2007/12/25

[#284867] Destroying an Object — Ken Awamura <ken.awamura@...>

Suppose I create a new object:

19 messages 2007/12/26

[#284894] Purpose of Ruby 1.9? — "=?ISO-8859-2?Q?Rados=B3aw_Bu=B3at?=" <radek.bulat@...>

First of all I want to thank Matz and Ko1 for yours great work! I

26 messages 2007/12/26
[#284896] Re: Purpose of Ruby 1.9? — "Luiz Vitor Martinez Cardoso" <grabber@...> 2007/12/26

You are asking very usefull questions! Well... we need wait to someone

[#284905] Re: Purpose of Ruby 1.9? — "Windham, Kristopher R." <kriswindham@...> 2007/12/26

in the Desktop reference by Matz, printed in 2002,

[#284906] Re: Purpose of Ruby 1.9? — "Rick DeNatale" <rick.denatale@...> 2007/12/26

On Dec 26, 2007 5:39 PM, Windham, Kristopher R. <kriswindham@gmail.com> wrote:

[#284918] convert excel spreadsheet to csv — Junkone <junkone1@...>

is there any library to convert excel file to csv.

12 messages 2007/12/27

[#284923] Re: using reg expr with array.index — MonkeeSage <MonkeeSage@...>

On Dec 26, 4:32 pm, Esmail <ebonak_de...@hotmail.com> wrote:

12 messages 2007/12/27

[#284960] Add Array#first= and Array#last= to std lib — "Robert Klemme" <shortcutter@...>

Hi,

35 messages 2007/12/27

[#284980] about method docs — Santanu <thisissantanu@...>

Hello Everybody,

16 messages 2007/12/27

[#285003] Port Ruby on Rails Application — Snoop1990 Snoop1990 <snoopy1990@...>

Hello,

15 messages 2007/12/27

[#285118] testing for 64-bit environment — Tom Metge <tom@...>

subject says it all- anyone know a way to determine if the host system

12 messages 2007/12/28

[#285223] How to jump over the first line in a file? (newbie) — Mark Toth <mark.toth@...>

I have this code:

14 messages 2007/12/28

[#285294] Using "sort!" in a C extension (1.9 problem) — Andre Nathan <andre@...>

Hello

23 messages 2007/12/29
[#285349] Re: Using "sort!" in a C extension (1.9 problem) — "KUBO Takehiro" <kubo@...> 2007/12/30

Hi,

[#285300] Mr Bones - 1.1.0 — "Tim Pease" <tim.pease@...>

Bones

17 messages 2007/12/29

[#285315] Can Ruby be a keylogger on Win/Mac? — Jay Levitt <jay+news@...>

I know the subject's vague; that's because I don't know what I'm talking

14 messages 2007/12/29

[#285475] Best way to download >1GB files — thefed <fedzor@...>

What is the best way to download files from the internet (HTTP) that

19 messages 2007/12/31

Re: [ANN] bj-0.0.2

From: "ara.t.howard" <ara.t.howard@...>
Date: 2007-12-13 20:07:29 UTC
List: ruby-talk #283422
On Dec 13, 2007, at 10:33 AM, hemant kumar wrote:

>
> I am maintaining backgruondrb in these younger days. And things have
> changed. Its written on top of event driven networking lib ( packet )
> that i wrote.
>
> There are no threads anywhere. Everything is even driven, it still has
> real processes, but those have reactor loop of their own. I wrote a
> custom protocol for internal communication between workers and it  
> works
> reasonably well.
>
> I agree that, bj , spawn they all have different purpose. If you find
> time, please look into code base and suggest any problems that you  
> find.

hey hemant - didn't know you'd taken that over.  so it seems everyone  
is in agreement here and to be entirely clear, i'm not suggesting  
there is anything wrong with either spawn or backgrounddrb.  i  
thought i'd take a quick stab at use cases for each and hopefully you  
can clarify so people can understand

1) spawn

this just forks your rails app and, as such, is the simplest way to  
get a background process that has context, etc.  it's not going to  
easily allow say, 1000 incoming requests because you are duping your  
entire rails process on the fork so you have to be careful with this  
and about collecting the children so as not to create zombies.

2) backgrounddrb

this is going to be good where you have a medium number of background  
processes, esp if you want to interact with with them.  for example,  
a task, spawn with an ajax request, like a video conversion, cold  
then be polled using periodically_call_remote to display progress to  
the user.  these processes are going to be living in memory and,  
unless you code it, there is no concept of queueing.

3) bj

this is for fire and forget standalone processes that may or may not  
load the rails_env.  examples would include adding users based on an  
uploaded csv file and emailing each one or updating 100 rss feeds in  
the background.  the queueing effect is going to save your butt if  
many requests come in at once and tasks are going to durable across  
application restart and even reboot (since they live in the db).  bj  
is good where you want to be able track which jobs succeeded or  
failed, possibly by an external sweeper process, taking appropriate  
actions as needed.  bj tasks are going to be slower to start if you  
require the rails_env, since you'll need to load the rails app for  
each process but the memory if going to be freed on each transient  
task to leaks are of no concern.


maybe others can add to this stab a summary...

cheers.

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