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On Wed, Jan 5, 2022 at 7:31 PM Stefan Schwarzer <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2021-12-30 21:33, 'Wayne Harris' via Racket Users wrote: > > I'm considering writing a manager for background processes --- such as > send a batch of e-mail or other process that takes a while to finish --- > for a web system. > > > > I see the challenge here as just writing something that will look like a > > very basic UNIX shell --- so I'll call it ``web-api-shell'' from now on. > > (``Web'' because it will be used by a web system through some HTTP API.) > > > > This thing has to be flawless. I'm looking for design principles and > advice. > > [...] > > Have you looked at existing task queues and message brokers? > I guess they can already give you a part of the robustness > you're looking for. It would be a pity to reinvent the wheel, > especially since it will probably be quite difficult and > time-consuming to implement this robustness yourself. > > But it might as well be that I misunderstand your requirements. > :-) > > Stefan > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Racket Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/ddeb9170-6273-34be-ec6d-7edc8b3a4146%40sschwarzer.net > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/CAE8gKodc9w5wj5EksihxQGm%3Dc_%3D7vrkpD8iJtpmHrE6UATqKaA%40mail.gmail.com.
