# Concurrent GEM for Ruby? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [April 26, 2009, 1:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/concurrent-gem-for-ruby/166486 "2009-04-26T01:45:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jamesl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@jamesl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jamesl)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2009, 1:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/concurrent-gem-for-ruby/166486/1 "2009-04-26T01:45:31Z")
Hi, I’m wondering if anyone would like to see a Concurrent Library for Ruby, like the Java javax.concurrent library ? I know you can just use this library from jruby, but Im thinking more of a idiomatic Ruby library, which could also be used ontop of jruby. If you are interested having such a library please can you let me know via an email to james ladd hotmail com ? Rgs, James. > **[众星 - 818App资源库](http://www.jamesladdcode.com)** > > 手机应用市场有哪些？✅安卓应用市场哪个好？✅App下载资源网✅整理了最好用的应用市场下载手机版，包括华为应用市场、360应用市场、应用宝、木蚂蚁应用市场等，还有手机应用市场排行榜供大家参考选择哦！需要安卓第三方应用市场的朋友，赶快来看一看吧！ ---
**Author:** ![jamesl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@jamesl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jamesl)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2009, 2:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/concurrent-gem-for-ruby/166486/2 "2009-04-26T02:53:18Z")
On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 5:45 PM, jamesl [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I’m wondering if anyone would like to see a Concurrent Library for > Ruby, like the Java javax.concurrent library ? There are quite a few libraries that provide concurrency strategies already ---
**Author:** ![jamesl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@jamesl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jamesl)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2009, 3:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/concurrent-gem-for-ruby/166486/3 "2009-04-26T03:10:52Z")
On Apr 26, 10:52 am, Tony A. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > [medioh.com](http://medioh.com) > Like ? Do you have a few URL’s to share? ---
**Author:** ![jamesl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@jamesl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jamesl)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2009, 5:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/concurrent-gem-for-ruby/166486/4 "2009-04-26T05:45:55Z")
> Like ? Do you have a few URL’s to share? Not sure why I didnt find this the other day [http://moonbase.rydia.net/mental/blog/programming/the-future-of-the-omnibus](http://moonbase.rydia.net/mental/blog/programming/the-future-of-the-omnibus) ---
**Author:** ![jamesl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@jamesl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jamesl)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2009, 11:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/concurrent-gem-for-ruby/166486/5 "2009-04-26T11:54:14Z")
2009/4/26 jamesl [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): > I’m wondering if anyone would like to see a Concurrent Library for > Ruby, like the Java javax.concurrent library ? Some building blocks are part of the standard library already: Mutex, Monitor, MonitorMixin, Queue. > If you are interested having such a library please can you let me know > via an email to james ladd hotmail com ? This is a public forum. Why should only you benefit from answers? Kind regards robert ---
**Author:** ![jamesl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@jamesl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jamesl)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2009, 6:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/concurrent-gem-for-ruby/166486/6 "2009-04-26T06:44:12Z")
jamesl wrote: > Hi, > > I’m wondering if anyone would like to see a Concurrent Library for > Ruby, like the Java javax.concurrent library ? > > I know you can just use this library from jruby, but Im thinking more > of a idiomatic Ruby library, which could also be used ontop of jruby. > > If you are interested having such a library please can you let me know > via an email to james ladd hotmail com ? > > Rgs, James. > [www.jamesladdcode.com](http://www.jamesladdcode.com) I’m wondering if anyone would like to see a Concurrent Library for Ruby, like the Java javax.concurrent library ? Please have a look at revactor [http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/31492/revactor-0.1.4.gem](http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/31492/revactor-0.1.4.gem) ---
**Author:** ![jamesl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@jamesl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jamesl)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 5:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/concurrent-gem-for-ruby/166486/7 "2009-04-27T17:00:23Z")
If you are looking for a process pool or similar, [http://abundance.rubyforge.org/](http://abundance.rubyforge.org/) it forks an n amount of concurrent process workers then seed/harvest them by unix sockets communication, 2009/4/26 Tony A. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![jamesl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@jamesl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jamesl)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2009, 7:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/concurrent-gem-for-ruby/166486/8 "2009-04-26T19:05:01Z")
On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 7:10 PM, jamesl [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Like ? Do you have a few URL’s to share? Well, I’m not sure what you’re after. Two libraries for actor-based concurrency (one of them mine) have been linked, but those aren’t really anything like java.util.concurrent. Are you wanting a small framework for backgrounding work into “thread” pools? (which would more likely be implemented as process pools) Ruby’s threads provide only sequential execution, since Ruby’s memory model is inherently sequential. For concurrent processing it’s best to farm things off to additional processes so that the OS’s scheduler can make them concurrent. There are packages to do this as well (e.g. BackgroundDRb)