Paul - The Programmer

simple & stupid

Always debug seriously

When something unexpected happens:

  • Read the code carefully.
  • In patient.
  • Never assume anything.
  • Follow the code step by step.
  • Watch the variates change.
  • Run code in debug enviorement.  Print function is far to sufficient.

Help yourself first!

13 Dec 2008, Starbucks

The coffee lesson last weekend at Starbucks. Really a good time. 8-)

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Proxy server with multiplexing socket by select function

Performance is not so good as forking server. Remote address connecting is a time consuming action and blocks the main operating loop. The good of select function is to avoid spawning a bunch of child processes. Did not try the non-block model socket with select function. Since the non-block model socket seems not be well supported by ActivePerl on Win32. Maybe the performance will be better. At least, the conneting action won't block main loop. But still brings a little complication.

merge code with vimdiff

#update difference

:diffupdate

# merge difference from another buffer to current buffer

:diffget                

do

#merge difference from current buffer to another buffer

:diffput

dp

my first Perl proxy server

It's ungly but it's working!!!

So, the lesson learnt.

  • Model developing with a script language is a happy work.
  • Perl fork works on Win32, but it seems a little buggy. Awalys end up with resource tmporary unavailable error : ( May be my bad, but I am quite sure every child process and file handle has been release properly.
  • Have no idea to  Perl multi-thread.  Even the Perl declares it's a multi-thread version.
  • Perl fcntl does not work with Active Perl but is supported by cygwin porting Perl. Great work!
  • Share out-going connections may be a good idea, but how to seperate the responses for each client connection.
  • Pre-fork model seems a good idea to have a try. : )
  • HTTP connect method is to create a tunnel. Still working on this.