Travis D Warlick Jr wrote:
> TongKe Xue wrote:
>>  I'm working on a massive simulation project (like worldforge). I need to
>> be able to allow users to script objects in the world. I am thinking of
>> ussing Ruby as my scripting language of choice. However:
>>
>>  (1) I need to be able to limit the memory usage of the object.
>>  (2) I need to be able to limit the CPU cycle usage of the object.
> 
> Try using Process#setrlimit.  That being said, and aside from the fact
> that I love Ruby -- I don't recommend it for this type of "massive"
> endeavor.  Always try to choose the best language for your application,
> not simply "the best language" because there isn't one.
> 
> As for what I would recommend: Not a scripting language.  For massive
> projects, use a compiled language on the back-end and then you may
> integrate it with Ruby on the front-end.
> 
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> 
Yes, nearly all of the open-source MMORPG frameworks/games are
implemented in C/C++ and most of them provide some kind of
controlled/controllable scripting capability. I did find *one* that is
Ruby-based (MUES/FaerieMUD) but I was unable to find any evidence that
it is currently active). "daimonin" seemed to be the closest to "baked"
but it is masked in Gentoo because of some outstanding security issues,
so I didn't experiment with it at all.