[JDEV] Testing w/ Other Peoples J-Servers -- Re: [Win32-dev] Win32 Server

[Robert Thompson]

Speaking of testing (comments below), isn't it possible for a lot of us to
just use someone else's existing Jabber Server just over the next few months
to test our Jabber Clients?

BTW, related to another post, Threads under NT are not inefficient, in fact
threading performance under NT when designed right is tremendous -- it's
Windows 95/98 that is terrible at threading performance -- they are really
two completely different OS's when it comes to threading performance.

Thanks,
Robert

> With all the debate over running the win32 server I should clarify my
> goals/purposes of doing this (which has turned into quite a complicated
> issue) :). At this point in time, I am not porting jserver for the purpose
> of being a heavy duty server. Yes, I am using the cygwin b20.1 toolkit and
> yes, the server runs as a console program (though I'd like to point out
that
> a console pgm is *quite* different from a DOS session :)). My goal behind
> doing the port is to provide client writers with a way to do local
> testing -- nothing more. As others on this list have pointed out, the
unique
> sockets/threading API on Win32 seriously retards easy XP development of
any
> type of server software. If someone *is* interested in running a serious
> server setup on Win32, I would suggest that they write one that utilizes
the
> native API.
>
> Someday I'd like to do a C++ rewrite of the jserver so that
threading/socket
> issues could be properly abstracted out and more portable solution could
be
> realized. For now, I've got other projects to take care of. :)
>
> Merry Christmas to all on the list....
>
> D.
>
>
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