Building an Echo Server Using Tornado

Echo Server in Twisted Matrix:

  from twisted.internet import protocol, reactor

  class Echo(protocol.Protocol):    
      def dataReceived(self, data):
          self.transport.write(data)

  if __name__ == '__main__':
      factory = protocol.ServerFactory()
      factory.protocol = Echo
      reactor.listenTCP(8000,factory)
      reactor.run()

Echo Server in Eventlet (http://eventlet.net/):

    from eventlet import api

    def handle_socket(address):
        sock, ip = address
        while True:
           sock.send(sock.recv(1))

    api.tcp_server(api.tcp_listener(('0.0.0.0', 6000)), handle_socket)

Echo server in 10-years old Tcl (more?):

    socket -server acceptConnections 9999
    proc acceptConnections {fd clientaddr clientport} {
        fconfigure $fd -blocking 0
        fileevent $fd readable [list replyToClient $fd]
    }
    proc replyToClient fd {
        set s [read $fd]
        puts -nonewline $fd $s
        flush $fd
    }
    vwait forever

Note that this is a multiplexing non blocking server, exactly like Twisted / Tornado. All features built-in in the language. Tcl failed copying the obvious missing features from other languages. Other languages are failing copying the good things from Tcl.

p.s. note the poetry contained in the "vwait forever" statement ;) Our program is willing to run without stop until the end of the universe.

Tornados are dangerous, but I'm glad you're eager to serve their echos.