OpenEuphoria

Re: News You Can Use

• Posted by "Derek Parnell" <ddparnell at bigpond.com> Jan 29, 2004
• 389 views

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "C. K. Lester" <euphoric at cklester.com>
To: <EUforum at topica.com>
Subject: News You Can Use


> 
> 
> http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-5150019.html?tag=nefd_top
> 
> That's very interesting!
> 
> Is it possible to have a client/server system programmed in EUPHORIA? 
> Like, can a EUPHORIA program function efficiently and effectively as an 
> app server and/or an app client? I guess, really, that is the smartest 
> way to go, eh? What say ye, EUPHORIA programmers?

One advantage of smart-client/server systems is that some of the computing work
can be offloaded from the server to the client machine. One of the disadvantages
is that it increases network traffic as a lot more information needs to be moved
between the client and server machines.

These are reversed when using a thin-client or 'dumb'-client (eg. web-browser).

So you need to weigh up what is more appropriate for your application.

-- 
Derek