Re: RFC: IPC::MMA

2009-02-17 Thread André Warnier
cr...@animalhead.com wrote: I would like to thank the people on this list who helped me get my new CPAN module IPC::MMA up and running. Without volunteers like those in this community, the technical world would be a much poorer place. If anyone would like to read the docs and/or try the

Re: RFC: IPC::MMA

2009-02-17 Thread Perrin Harkins
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 8:13 AM, André Warnier a...@ice-sa.com wrote: Now, how about extending this so it would work on both Unix/Linux *and* Windows platforms, figuring out itself where it is and doing whatever is needed to use the OS mechanisms available ? The underlying library does not

Re: RFC: IPC::MMA

2009-02-17 Thread mackenna
IMO, the perl threads sharing mechanism is flawed because (in my short experience with it) it does not allow certain interesting items (e.g. tied) to be shared. I hope that if Perl 6 is ever released it will have a better threading component. w/r/t figuring out itself, in looking at the code it

Re: RFC: IPC::MMA

2009-02-17 Thread Perrin Harkins
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 12:07 PM, macke...@animalhead.com wrote: IMO, the perl threads sharing mechanism is flawed because (in my short experience with it) it does not allow certain interesting items (e.g. tied) to be shared. Well, since everything shared by IPC::MMA has to go through

Re: RFC: IPC::MMA

2009-02-16 Thread Perrin Harkins
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 12:30 PM, cr...@animalhead.com wrote: If anyone would like to read the docs and/or try the module, and send comments (probably not to the whole list), they would be greatly appreciated. IPC::MMA might be just what you need for your next project. (Current project?