[racket] usage of plt-web-server command

Thanks. Got curious because it (plt-web-server) seems to be the only
(?) way to use with SSL.

On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 10:29 PM, Jay McCarthy <jay.mccarthy at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 11:49 AM, J G Cho <gcho at fundingmatters.com> wrote:
>> Near the end of 3.9 Soft State section found on
>> http://docs.racket-lang.org/web-server/stateless.html?q=%23%3Aquit&q=rackunit&q=commandline&q=substring&q=dispatch-rules&q=response/full#(part._stateless-example)
>>
>> #lang web-server
>>
>> (provide interface-version start)
>> (define interface-version 'stateless)
>>
>> (define softie
>>   (soft-state
>>    (printf "Doing a long computation...\n")
>>    (sleep 1)))
>>
>> (define (start req)
>>   (soft-state-ref softie)
>>   (printf "Done\n")
>>   (start
>>    (send/suspend
>>     (lambda (k-url)
>>       (response/xexpr
>>        `(html (body (a ([href ,k-url]) "Done"))))))))
>>
>>
>> $ plt-web-server -p 8080
>> Doing a long computation...
>> Done
>> Done
>> Done
>> Done
>>
>> How does the above command know that it's supposed to execute the code
>> above it? Is there some convention for this magic to happen?
>
> The idea here is that you start the server and then go to the site
> four times and you'd expect to see that as the output. (Notice that
> "Doing a long computation..." only prints once.)
>
> plt-web-server just starts the server... you would need to put the
> servlet in the correct directory and then go to the URL.
>
> Jay
>
>>
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