Ruby-MemCache

A Ruby memcache client library.

Authors

Michael Granger <[email protected]>

Thanks to Martin Chase and Rick Bradley for peer review, suggestions, and bugfixes.

General Information

According to its documentation, memcache “is a high-performance, distributed memory object caching system, generic in nature, but intended for use in speeding up dynamic web applications by alleviating database load.”

This is a Ruby client library for accessing one or more memcache servers.

Installation

Requirements

  • Ruby 1.8.2

  • Memcached 1.1.11

Quickstart

Install:

$ install.rb

The install script will check for dependencies and install the libraries.

Current Status

This is a beta release. It might eat your house, set your dog on fire, or baptize your children against your will.

Comments welcomed.

Contact

Copyright © 2004 The FaerieMUD Consortium. Most rights reserved.

This library is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. To view a copy of this license, visit creativecommons.org/licenses/by/1.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, California 94305, USA.

THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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