I was originally looking at this as a lein-integrated subset of jark, but I see there are different use cases now. Thanks. :)
On Monday, April 23, 2012 11:13:45 PM UTC-5, Shantanu Kumar wrote: > > > > On Apr 24, 6:05 am, Daniel <doubleagen...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm curious. How does this differ from Jark? > http://icylisper.in/jark/scripting.html > > Jark is a client (written in Ocaml) that starts up/shuts down/talks to > resident JVMs (with additional Jark-specific code) via the nREPL > protocol. It is possible to have multiple scripts in parallel > targeting the same JVM. The current differences with lein-exec (AFAIK) > are below: > > 1. Jark client is a binary that talks to a JVM via the nREPL protocol. > lein-exec currently always starts a new JVM locally, which is slower > than running the Jark client. > > 2. Jark can connect to a JVM running on another host. This may be very > helpful for debugging. lein-exec works on a *new* local JVM with no > remote debugging capabilities. > > 3. The JVM, once started has no way to change the current directory. > Consequentially, Jark's resident JVM may see one directory as `pwd` > and the client may see another. This locality problem does not exist > with lein-exec. > > 4. Jark's resident JVM may have been started as a different user > compared to the client. Hence you cannot `sudo` from the client to > carry out things in the JVM. With lein-exec it is valid to escalate > permissions by using "sudo scriptname.clj" or "sudo lein2 exec > scriptname.clj". > > 5. Jark is also a server manager – you can specify how many resident > JVMs you want to have started and with which versions of Clojure. lein- > exec runs only with the JVM that was started by Leiningen. > > 6. Jark's resident JVM currently does not include pomegranate, hence > it cannot dynamically pull dependencies from Clojars or any Maven > repo. lein-exec has this capability today. > > Hope that helps. > > Shantanu -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
