Re: RFC: IPC::MMA

2009-02-17 Thread Perrin Harkins
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 12:07 PM, wrote: > IMO, the perl threads sharing mechanism is flawed because > (in my short experience with it) it does not allow certain > interesting items (e.g. tied) to be shared. Well, since everything shared by IPC::MMA has to go through Storable, it has limitations

Re: RFC: IPC::MMA

2009-02-17 Thread mackenna
IMO, the perl threads sharing mechanism is flawed because (in my short experience with it) it does not allow certain interesting items (e.g. tied) to be shared. I hope that if Perl 6 is ever released it will have a better threading component. w/r/t "figuring out itself", in looking at the code i

Re: RFC: IPC::MMA

2009-02-17 Thread Perrin Harkins
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 8:13 AM, André Warnier wrote: > Now, how about extending this so it would work on both Unix/Linux *and* > Windows platforms, figuring out itself where it is and doing whatever is > needed to use the OS mechanisms available ? The underlying library does not support Windows:

Re: RFC: IPC::MMA

2009-02-17 Thread André Warnier
cr...@animalhead.com wrote: I would like to thank the people on this list who helped me get my new CPAN module IPC::MMA up and running. Without volunteers like those in this community, the technical world would be a much poorer place. If anyone would like to read the docs and/or try the module,

Re: RFC: IPC::MMA

2009-02-16 Thread Perrin Harkins
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 12:30 PM, wrote: > If anyone would like to read the docs and/or try the module, > and send comments (probably not to the whole list), they would > be greatly appreciated. IPC::MMA might be just what you need > for your next project. (Current project? Last project?) Hav