> > BTW I am a Linux guy true and true since 1994. But I am DAMN tempted > > to write it in C#. > > I use mono on linux [1], and c# is an OK language for this kind of > thing. RestSharp is an interesting library for web service *clients*, > but of course you are writing a server. > > Lots of C++ programmers on this list, and C++11 is now quite a safe and > productive language. But socket support sucks. Asio is the best choice,
I disagree with that. Why does it suck? For the web-part I would like to suggest libmicrohttpd by the way. > and it is not at all easy to use or debug; I feel I might just go for > low-level BSD sockets next time. At least then there is a huge body of > working code. > > If it was me, personally, I'd hack together a first version in PHP, > using mysql as a DB. You would not believe how many > "hacked-together-first-versions" in PHP are still running 5 or 10 years > later, because it is good enough. PHP? seriously? > But node.js might be a better choice. It handles multiple > connections/threads better than PHP, it has ready to go web server > modules and tons of example code, it is fashionable, and there are lots > of jobs for people who can show they've worked on a node.js > server/client project. > > > My goal is to move away from interpreted languages and release SOLID > > .exe or bin for unices. > > Are you talking about servers or clients there? For clients, PLEASE do not release binaries, release sources. No sane linux user installs random binaries. > Always go for a well-known interpreted language for a server-side > application, unless you are CPU or memory bound. (And if you are you, > you've done something very wrong: Facebook reached half a billion active > users running a PHP back-end; Wikipedia too...) true that > And using a clearly defined http web server protocol, probably built > around json, and then the clients will take care of themselves: all > modern languages, except C/C++, come with a good web client library, and > a good json library. Just hand out a helper C library, perhaps with a > C++ wrapper API. I agree! Folkert van Heusden -- Multitail est un outil permettant la visualisation de fichiers de journalisation et/ou le suivi de l'exécution de commandes. Filtrage, mise en couleur de mot-clé, fusions, visualisation de différences (diff-view), etc. http://www.vanheusden.com/multitail/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Phone: +31-6-41278122, PGP-key: 1F28D8AE, www.vanheusden.com _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list Computer-go@computer-go.org http://computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
