Re^4: Perl modules for Comet ?

...there is no real standard for doing all this.

I'm discovering the same. Similar to its namesake cleanser, its very green, and a bit abrasive ;^)

...you probably need a special light-weight server for the event streams...

Yes, ergo HTTP::Daemon::Threaded (tho some may contend its heavier than Apache). However, my target is more like 20-100 concurrent users, rather than thousands. Think "application appliance", not Google scale.

Alas, HTTP::Daemon::Threaded currently relies heavily on HTTP::Request/Response, and the latter doesn't adapt well to the "Service Stream" concept. So I'm thinking a subclass of HTTP::Response that adds a "flush" capability may be useful.

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Re^5: Perl modules for Comet ? by Joost (Canon) on Feb 11, 2007 at 01:54 UTC
Depending on what you're going to do, a single process & single threaded select() based server might perform better than a threads based one. Especially if you need to share a lot of data over different requests. You might want to examine POE::Component::Server::HTTP. "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"	[reply]