Re: Gnuserv

[Paul Michael Reilly <pmr@pajato.com>]

Jason Rumney wrote:
> Paul Michael Reilly wrote:
>> Most of the culprit is "Unable to connect, connection refused" type
>> messages.
> What makes you think rewriting gnuserv using another programming 
> language will solve these problems?

Because in fifteen minutes I had a server/client pair working just 
dandy, server spawned from Emacs, based on the Java KnockKnock tutorial 
code.  Now to flesh it out by working on the protocol, where I should be 
working, not wondering what freaking network issue in the C code is 
causing an inability to connect.  And it handles multiple connections 
just fine.  Bottom line is that with C code, the coder has to worry 
about OS dependencies and quirks.  With Java (and some other languages 
no doubt) the VM eliminates these issues in a platform independent way.
Were I a C based networking guru, this is a non issue but I'm not and I 
have the itch so following the path of least resistance is the path for me.

However, I do suspect that Jetty is a better answer in the long run 
because it opens up http.  First things first though.

-pmr