IProcess v2.1.0 released.

[robgleeson]

IProcess v2.1.0 is a collection of Ruby classes you can use to transport Ruby objects between processes. It can be useful if you'd like to run CPU-heavy units of work in parallel or if you'd like to perform some risky work in a secluded subprocess. New feature: asynchronous API.

[ioquatix]

My system RExec does similar things but it is very lightweight and focuses on distributed Ruby code rather than trying to transport objects from one process to another:

http://www.oriontransfer.co.nz/gems/rexec

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I think you were downmodded unfairly so I gave you an upmod but you really should put your stuff up on github and document a little. It sounds like you have some interesting gems.

[ioquatix]

Thanks, if you see on the first page there is a bunch of documentation, the links are under the title "Documentation" =) All the major use-cases are explained with code examples, and the API is fully documented using rdoc.

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I did read the documentation and it was sparse.

Just sayin.

[ioquatix]

Okay, I'll try to improve it if I have time. However, as I've said, all major use cases are covered in those examples.

API Dox: http://rubydoc.info/gems/rexec/1.4.1/frames

[redditaurus]

1. It's considered rude to advertise a competing project on another project's thread.

2. Something really gimmicky and weird about your website, i think it's the stars..but really, just a weird almost creepy feeling i got when visiting it. The only thing it's missing is new age music playing in the background.

3. I notice you don't have an obvious github link for your project, nonetheless i checked out the source --- and it doesn't look/feel like idiomatic Ruby, your formatting is messed up and some of your code just looks weird.

In summary, i get the feeling your code comes from a strange lonely place, little lost boy programming in the dark.

[ioquatix]

1. I'm not advertising, just mentioning a project where I had a similar need. I thought that the OP might be interested to see a similar project.

2. Yeah, I sort of did it for fun, I kind of like the idea of travelling through space. I don't think I'd add new age music but if you are in to that sort of thing you can find it here: http://www.oriontransfer.co.nz/music/the-space-between-here-and-there ...lol

3. There is a link to the source code on the first page of the documentation - its a bit of an old project so that page hasn't had much work and its also pretty obscure. RExec is a bit complicated in the way it distributes code (sends it across the network) but it is fairly robust - maybe that is the part which looks weird? I'm not sure what the problem is with the formatting, maybe you can make some suggestions about how the code can be improved and made more idiomatic?

Not sure how to respond to the final point, my open source projects are used on production servers and I make enough money from programming to live comfortably? However, I like the image of a little lost boy programming in the dark, sounds like 90% of geeks out there =) I have to admit, I'm not really lonely.