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author | Akinori MUSHA <knu@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-11-12 05:54:43 +0000 |
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committer | Akinori MUSHA <knu@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-11-12 05:54:43 +0000 |
commit | 048a9aae5bff1e54a7260a4bbaca240ccd96553a (patch) | |
tree | 95dd2104713e4ac1e8fc20b84bf4b57c1c845455 /net/ruby-romp/pkg-descr | |
parent | 9555c60bc330c746c8a9286dcbe59db81f2207cc (diff) | |
download | ports-048a9aae5bff1e54a7260a4bbaca240ccd96553a.tar.gz ports-048a9aae5bff1e54a7260a4bbaca240ccd96553a.zip |
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diff --git a/net/ruby-romp/pkg-descr b/net/ruby-romp/pkg-descr index 729a1952e23d..a4ce6b140ddc 100644 --- a/net/ruby-romp/pkg-descr +++ b/net/ruby-romp/pkg-descr @@ -1,22 +1,21 @@ ROMP is the Ruby Object Message Proxy. It is sort of like drb (distributed Ruby) in that it allows a Ruby client program to -seamlessly talk to an object that is sitting on a server. However, it -has many distinct advantages over drb: +transparently talk to an object that is sitting on a server. Its +features include: -- Much faster, up to 40000 messages per second (compare to 50 messages - per second for drb). +- Up to 40000 messages per second -- Allows more than one object to reside on the server; supports a form - for naming service for retriving references to objects. +- Allows more than one object to reside on the server; supports a sort + for naming service for retrieving references to objects. - Fully thread-safe, provided the object sitting on the server is thread-safe. -- Supports oneway calls, so the client does not have to block waiting +- Supports one-way calls, so the client does not have to block waiting for a response from the server. -- Allows exceptions to be propogated from server to client; massages +- Allows exceptions to be propagated from server to client; messages the backtrace to make debugging easier. -Author: Paul Brannan (cout at rm-f.net) -WWW: http://rm-f.net/~cout/code/ruby/romp/ +Author: Paul Brannan (paul at atdesk.com) +WWW: http://rubystuff.org/romp/ |