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diff --git a/net/ruby-romp/pkg-descr b/net/ruby-romp/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..4e1f9b42d7e9 --- /dev/null +++ b/net/ruby-romp/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +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: + +- Much faster, up to 40000 messages per second (compare to 50 messages + per second for drb). + +- Allows more than one object to reside on the server; supports a form + for naming service for retriving 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 + for a response from the server. + +- Allows exceptions to be propogated from server to client; massages + the backtrace to make debugging easier. + +Author: Paul Brannan (cout at rm-f.net) +WWW: http://rm-f.net/~cout/ruby/romp/ |