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Where did I say I didn't know Unix? The problem is that for some deployed solutions adding in Linux boxes simply because they host one piece of software isn't o
by ergo98 16y ago
Where did I say I didn't know Unix? The problem is that for some deployed solutions adding in Linux boxes simply because they host one piece of software isn't optimal, so "native" solutions are chosen instead. We aren't talking about a product that is tightly coupled with the OS (or at least it shouldn't be).
- jbooth 16y agoIt should be, actually, if it's going to be fast. Memcached is fast because it optimizes interaction with the I/O layers -- you can't stay portable if you do that. EDIT: Actually, you can use libevent for some subset of these cases and get speed+portability, but I'm pretty sure memcached predates libevent by quite a bit so they're not. So there's your answer.
- JoachimSchipper 16y agoThe first commit to memcached on github is http://github.com/memcached/memcached/tree/32f382b605b4565bddfae5c9d082af3bfd30cf02 http://github.com/memcached/memcached/tree/32f382b605b4565bd..., which uses libevent. libevent has been around for a while...
- silentbicycle 16y agoMemcached predates github by quite a bit, actually. It was originally made as a caching layer for livejournal, and IIRC was made in the early half of the 00s. (Having a hard time finding an exact date, though.)
- dlsspy 16y agoIf you want to know the exact date, look at the link you're suggesting is wrong.
- silentbicycle 16y agoYou mean the one where an existing project with several years of history has its development tree imported into github as its first commit? I remember the memcached project being announced, and I'm pretty sure it predated github by five years or more.
- dlsspy 16y agoI have no idea what link you clicked on. The one above says this: committing memcached bradfitz (author) May 27, 2003 Specifically, that was Tue May 27 07:19:11 2003 +0000. I spent a long night back in 2008 recreating that history as accurately as possible. It involved a couple of git repositories, subversion repositories, and a lot of google and mailing list searches to ensure that every one who ever contributed to the project was properly recognized. You can read more about that process here: http://www.mail-archive.com/memcached@googlegroups.com/msg00503.html http://www.mail-archive.com/memcached@googlegroups.com/msg00...
- silentbicycle 16y agoMy apologies, and thanks for the exact date. I missed that the github commit date was in 2003. (If you miss that, your reply comes off as really snarky. Mine was a bit blunt, too.)
- reynolds 16y agomemcached actually uses libevent. Edit: oops, JoachimSchipper beat me to it