[squid-users] external helper development

[Alex Rousskov]

On 2/1/22 17:09, André Bolinhas wrote:

> between Python and Go and is the best for multithreading and concurrency?

Sorry, I do not know the answer to that question (or even if there is a 
meaningful answer).


> Rust supports multithreading and concurrency?

Yes, the fearless kind:
https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch16-00-concurrency.html


Cheers,

Alex.



> -----Mensagem original-----
> De: squid-users <squid-users-bounces at lists.squid-cache.org> Em Nome De Alex Rousskov
> Enviada: 1 de fevereiro de 2022 22:01
> Para: squid-users at lists.squid-cache.org
> Assunto: Re: [squid-users] external helper development
> 
> On 2/1/22 16:47, André Bolinhas wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I’m building an external helper to get the categorization of an
>> website, I know how to build it, but I need you option about the best
>> language for the job in terms of performance, bottlenecks, I/O blocking..
>>
>> The helper will work like this.
>>
>> 1º  will check the hot memory for faster response (memcache or redis)
>>
>> 2º If the result not exist in hot memory then will check an external
>> api to fetch the categorie and saved it in hot memory.
>>
>> In what language do you recommend develop such helper? PHP, Python, Go..
> 
> If this helper is for long-term production use, and you are willing to learn new things, then use Rust[1]. Otherwise, use whatever language you are the most comfortable with already (except PHP), especially if that language has good libraries/wrappers for the external APIs you will need to use.
> 
> Alex.
> [1] https://www.rust-lang.org/
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