Distributed Programming with Ruby

Part I Standard Library

The first part of this book takes a deep dive into the two main libraries that ship with the Ruby standard library that are meant for use with distributed programming. Those two libraries are DRb (often referred to as dRuby) and Rinda.

Although these libraries have been included with Ruby for many years now, they have received little or no attention (or documentation). This has led to a lot of FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt) about what these libraries can and cannot do, and when they are appropriate to use (if at all).

During our deep, sometimes very deep, dive into these two libraries, we will discuss the pros and cons of using the libraries, the good and bad decisions made during their architecture, and finally, ...