Use of Annex E in a game server (Linux/GNAT)

Use of Annex E in a game server (Linux/GNAT)

[Luke A. Guest]

Hi,

I've been talking to a friend who has written an online game and said he
needs a server, I offered to help out.

So, I've been thinking about it and not only would Ada be a great choice
for a normal server, I was thinking about the distributed annex, and using
that to balance the load over to more servers as they get added/needed.

Can anyone advise on whether this is a good thing to do? What to avoid (if
anything), tip, tricks, etc?

Thanks,
Luke.

Re: Use of Annex E in a game server (Linux/GNAT)

[Nick Roberts]

"Luke A. Guest" <laguest@n_o_p_o_r_k_a_n_d_h_a_m.abyss2.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> I've been talking to a friend who has written an online game and said he
> needs a server, I offered to help out.
> 
> So, I've been thinking about it and not only would Ada be a great choice
> for a normal server, I was thinking about the distributed annex, and using
> that to balance the load over to more servers as they get added/needed.
> 
> Can anyone advise on whether this is a good thing to do? What to avoid (if
> anything), tip, tricks, etc?

I can't give much personal advice, but there is an Ada MUD project:

   http://members.aol.com/drveg/mud/sam.html

Maybe something there could be handy.

I guess you would have a tagged (abstract limited) type to represent a
server, and then use remote access types to direct calls to servers. Could
be cool.

-- 
Nick Roberts