Re: [nbpp-devel] Status of NB++

[Benjamin G. <ben...@bt...>]

I'm sorry it's taken me so long to respond.  I'm working on too many
projects at the same time.

On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 12:54:38PM +0200, Bo Lorentsen wrote:
> First I have to say that this is a really neat library, and I like your
> focus on the threading model and simplicity, its time to start using
> this mt model much some more.

Thanks!

> I like to know if there is any feature plans for nb++, and if that need
> to be added ?

At the moment, nb++ isn't being actively developed, because neither
Eduardo nor I have time.  But we'd welcome any contributions.

The main thing that I think needs to be added is that the socket classes
should be extended to support datagram sockets.  However, if you want to
add something else, there's certainly room for other ideas.

> Are there fx. any plan to make a inet protocol class the makes streams
> as input output so that it will be possible to build streams til
> different protocols (http, ftp) ?

We hadn't thought of that, but I think it sounds like a good idea.

> What kind of application is this tool used in ?

Someone wrote a content-filtering HTTP proxy server based on it
(DansGuardian), but I think they've since switched to another approach.  I
think Eduardo has used it to write other sorts of daemons, but you'd have
to ask him for details.  For me it was basically a learning exercise;
Eduardo had the more practical point of view.

> What kind of compiler have you been using, and against what librarys ?

We've used GCC; if I remember correctly, nb++ just needs a standard
pthread library (or the HP/UX variant), and the standard C and C++
libraries.

> Have anyone tryed to se if the windows platform, would fit under the
> hood of nb++ ?

I think it might be possible to port it to work on Windows with the Cygwin
POSIX emulation layer, but I don't think anyone has tried.

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