[HIRING] Looking for C/C++ coder for helping writting external with pthread support.

[Ruslan Zasukhin]

On 3/9/09 10:59 PM, "Andre Garzia" <andre at andregarzia.com> wrote:

Hi Andreas,

May be REV team can help you first of all because it is related to REV SDK


> Hello List,
> 
> I think I've reach my C/C++ barrier and am in need of help. The
> project is a web server external that will allow the creation of self
> contained web apps much like SQLite and Valentina allowed the creation
> of self contained database systems. My external is already working and
> uses pthreads to multiplex server connections. It is able to serve
> static files on it's own and even invoke CGIs and use SSL.
> 
> Right now, the external is Linux only (developing first on linux) but
> it should be straight forward to port it to the mac and I think it can
> be ported to windows thru minigw or some clever use of Visual Studio
> (which I have no experience whatsoever).
> 
> There's one feature that is giving me a lot of trouble. I have a
> callback mechanism that allows you to bind a Revolution message to a
> URL so that wherever the URL is called, that function is triggered.
> The problem is that this callback code is executed from a child thread
> of the external and it seems that I can't call Revolution SDK routines
> from there. So I need to call them from the main thread and this
> probably means that I need to setup some kind of interthread
> communication or some other way to make the call from there.
> 
> I am no C/C++ guru, so I've reached the point of I don't know what to
> do. Right now, the binding occurs, I am able to record which message
> and target to call and trigger the external side of the thing, what I
> can't do is make the message execute on the engine.
> 
> I am prepared to pay for this since I want to make this external my
> first selling product here. I think it has potential to create a whole
> eco system of specialized servers to be used on lan or intranet
> environment.
> 
> Anyone is interested in being paid to solve pthread issues? Or at
> least looking at the source and checking if it is doable? Is the
> mothership listening, is there special runrev consulting for external
> writting or the pthread impaired?

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Best regards,

Ruslan Zasukhin
VP Engineering and New Technology
Paradigma Software, Inc

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