[dev] Fwd: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: [PHP-CVS] cvs: php4 / TODO

[Anil Madhavapeddy]

Chuck Hagenbuch wrote:
> 
> Hmm. This is a potential way to cache IMAP connections - to open them in a
> seperate php process which keeps the connection open... I'm not prepared to
> implement it, but what do people think of it?
> 

Hmm, it's do-able, but would PHP really be the best choice for this kind
of daemon?

Am I right in saying that the best thing for us is just something 
that looks exactly like an IMAP server to talk to, so you
don't pollute IMP's codebase with proxy-specific stuff, and it's entirely
optional.  The proxy should take care of the remote connections and
the headaches involved in keeping them open.

It _could_ be done in PHP I guess, but Perl/C/C++ would generally
give you finer control over threading and forking and stuff I feel.

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