RE: http_url_post speed concerns

["Bartell, Aaron L. (TC)" <ALBartell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sender: "Bartell, Aaron L. (TC)" <ALBartell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

<Snip>
> P.S. Scott, I would help out with this HTTP posting stuff, but my skills
so
> far haven't even come close. I will begin making use of the library once I
> get an XML parser up and running, as I will mostly be using this stuff for
> web services from RPG.

That's what it's for.   But, you don't have to be a wizard to help.  If
nothing else, once you've figured out how to make it work, you could help
other people who are doing the same things you are.
</Snip>

I agree with Scott on this one.  All you need is inspiration to contribute
and a little free time (or even better if it is part of your job like me!).
Don't worry about people thinking your code isn't quite right, because
everybody has a different way of doing things - and you are guaranteed that
people will say you are doing something wrong.  But that is my favorite part
of the process of becoming a better programmer.  I made _a lot_ of mistakes
while trying to get the first version of the RPG XML Parser out, but it was
my place to start, and that is what anybody who wants to contribute needs to
find - a place to start.

Aaron Bartell

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Klement [mailto:sk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 11:17 PM
To: ftpapi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: http_url_post speed concerns


Sender: Scott Klement <sk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


On Sun, 15 Jun 2003, Darren McBride wrote:
> completely useless - hopefully). My biggest problem with RPG in its
current
> implementation is string handling (64K max is a bit of a pain when dealing
> with this stuff when you can have 2-4Gb strings on a PC)

2gb strings?!!  Most PCs have less than 1/2gb of RAM!  You'd have to do a
lot of work on your PC to make it capable of 2gb strings!  But, maybe you
meant 2mb??  (I hope so!)

> and using the IFS or user spaces for passing in larger strings to these
> types of libraries is not within the remit of a lot of RPG programmers
> that I've encountered.

I wrote an e-book on IFS, which now is online for free since Snap-eBooks
went out of business.  Maybe that'll help:

http://www.scottklement.com/rpg/ifs.html

User spaces are very simple, and capable of handing large strings (but not
2gb!!) so, I don't see what's wrong with that...

> P.S. Scott, I would help out with this HTTP posting stuff, but my skills
so
> far haven't even come close. I will begin making use of the library once I
> get an XML parser up and running, as I will mostly be using this stuff for
> web services from RPG.

That's what it's for.   But, you don't have to be a wizard to help.  If
nothing else, once you've figured out how to make it work, you could help
other people who are doing the same things you are.
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