On 31 Jan 2007 19:12:59 -0800, Aahz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>Jean-Paul Calderone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>You misunderstand. I wasn't expressing a lack of confidence in Python
>>threads, but in the facility with which they can be used by programmers.
>
>Based on my admittedly limited experience, I say the same about Twisted.
>Although I was able to bring up a Twisted 1.1 web server in a hurry under
>extreme pressure (15 minutes before a PyCon presentation), I have never
>been able to even get Twisted 2.0 installed.
FWIW, this is probably even easier than when you last tried it:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ twistd -n web --port 8080 --path /tmp
2007-01-31 22:19:34-0500 [-] Log opened.
2007-01-31 22:19:34-0500 [-] twistd 2.5.0+r19505 (/usr/bin/python 2.4.3)
starting up
2007-01-31 22:19:34-0500 [-] reactor class: <class
'twisted.internet.selectreactor.SelectReactor'>
2007-01-31 22:19:34-0500 [-] twisted.web.server.Site starting on 8080
2007-01-31 22:19:34-0500 [-] Starting factory <twisted.web.server.Site
instance at 0xb79c646c>
>Software is hard.
But I absolutely agree with this point, anyway :) Software is _crazy_
hard. I merely dispute the claim that threads are somehow _easier_. :)
Jean-Paul
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