Matthew Kennedy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Why exactly is that a dirty secret? I've been thinking about
writing one or two standalone poe daemons to handle interfacing
with other systems, and it doesn't seem like such a bad idea.
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Is anyone else using independent perl processes in a web
Is anyone else using independent perl processes in a web app, or have strong
reasons not to?
Our web application (Metadot) provides a number of functions that are fulfilled by
a daemon written in perl. Among these are: collecting content from syndicated news
channels, sending email messages
-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 10/23/01 10:23:18 -0500
Is anyone else using independent perl processes in a web app, or have strong
reasons not to?
I use them for quite a few things. fork/exec works nicely in perl
(on unix at least), allows me to write daemons for most things.
Why do you ask?
