Hello Francis,

Thanks for the reply.  

This isn't a web server, just a JAVA client/server application that
starts a few threads that have their own individual responsibilities. 
The server app is merely a container for these threads to allow the
basic functions like startup,shutdown,and status to be handled
cleanly.

Being that I don't have any specific questions, I'll just start
writing a version in Ruby and will post questions (as they arise) to
answers I can't find elsewhere.


Thanks again,
andy

On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 08:39:50 +0900, Francis Hwang <sera / fhwang.net> wrote:
> Hi Andy,
> 
> What's the server part of this? I understand processing zip files,
> parsing text/binary, executing SQL, all of that, but I think you've
> been a little vague as to how all these actions fit into the overall
> function of the server in your company. Is this a web server, then I
> take it? Or some other sort of server?
> 
> At any rate, everything you've said so far can be handled fine in Ruby,
> and you'll probably find it a lot more fun to write than in Java. If
> you have other specific concerns you should just bring them up and we
> can address them.
> 
> Francis
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Oct 25, 2004, at 12:08 PM, Andy Stone wrote:
> 
> > Hello all,
> >
> > The company I work for currently utilizes JAVA/JSP, ORACLE 9i,
> > Apache,Tomcat setup running on Solaris.  We have plans to migrate to
> > PostgreSQL and Linux.  Currently I have an issue with a server written
> > in JAVA that hangs about once a week (don't know exactly why yet -
> > hence the vague term) and we recently had it create a defunct port
> > while trying to shut down.  I did not write this server, but am the
> > only one left to maintain this code.
> >
> > Now you know why I am here.  I am looking into Ruby as an alternative
> > to this JAVA Server. The core functionality needed would be processing
> > zip files, parsing text/binary files and executing sql statements.
> >
> > At this stage, how does Ruby compare to Java in terms of server
> > programming?  I have liked everything I've read about Ruby to date,
> > but have seen very little in reference to server programming, but then
> > again, I'm just beginning.
> >
> > Please excuse the vagueness, I'm very undecided what to do right now,
> > rewrite the JAVA Server in another language or rewrite it with JAVA,
> > but correctly.  The main reason for the other language consideration
> > is the text and binary file processing.  I'm was thinking Ruby might
> > handle this aspect better than JAVA.
> >
> > thanks,
> > andy
> >
> 
>