On Nov 15, 2007, at 8:32 AM, Zefei Xuan wrote:

> I'm working on a project that requires me to run a multi-thread script
> on windows/apache/fastcgi, but ruby-fcgi seems to block all other
> threads when listening to the request. I tested this on Linux, and  
> fcgi
> works nicely with other threads on Linux; however, I have to do  
> this on
> windows for the project. Can someone tell me why this happens on
> windows?

certion io operations block all threads on windows because ruby uses  
green threads.  you must move to a multi-process model - there isn't  
really another option.  if you can spawn the script externally check  
out systemu

   http://codeforpeople.com/lib/ruby/systemu/systemu-1.1.0/README

it will at least allow you to spawn background processes in a thread  
without blocking.

regards.

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