[Twisted-Python] Implementation of the Erlang node protocol
Steve Freitas
sflist at ihonk.com
Tue Dec 25 16:57:42 MST 2007
That is waaaaay too cool. I've got to try this out.
Steve
On Mon, 2007-12-24 at 19:27 +0100, Thomas Hervé wrote:
> Hello people,
>
> I want to point out to a project I started in my Twisted sandbox to
> implement the Erlang node protocol:
> http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/browser/sandbox/therve/erlang. It's
> vaguely inspired from the py_interface project:
> http://www.lysator.liu.se/~tab/erlang/py_interface/.
>
> What's the content? It allows you to create a hidden Erlang node as a
> Twisted process, so that you can call methods on another Erlang node and
> receive calls (like you can do with C or Java with standard erlang
> distribution). It implements serialization and deserialization for most
> of the basic types, and both direction RPC. The benefit, of course, is
> to be able to get all Twisted protocols for free inside an Erlang
> program, or on the contrary to access Erlang power inside a Twisted
> server. I'm even writing a lit bit of documention:
> http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/browser/sandbox/therve/erlang.xhtml?format=raw.
>
> I started it hoping to use it for something serious, but I couldn't, so
> now the project is a bit stalled until someone really use it. I'd be
> glad if it could be useful for anyone, and I'm willing to help by
> debugging and adding features. You can contact me on the #twisted
> channel or on this ML.
>
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