Megatest

		(lambda (a b)
		  (< (list-ref a 3)
		     (list-ref b 3))))))
    (if (> (length slst) nums)
	(take slst nums)
	slst)))

;; switch from server:get-list to server:get-servers-info
;;
(define (server:get-first-best areapath)
  (let ((srvrs (server:get-best (server:get-list areapath))))
    (if (and srvrs
	     (not (null? srvrs)))
	(car srvrs)
	#f)))

        *my-client-signature*)))


;; if server-start-last exists, and wasn't old enough, wait <idle time> + 1, then call this function recursively until it is old enough.
;; if it is old enough, overwrite it and wait 0.25 seconds.
;; if it then has the wrong server key, wait <idle time> + 1 and call this function recursively.
;;
#;(define (server:wait-for-server-start-last-flag areapath)
  (let* ((start-flag (conc areapath "/logs/server-start-last"))
	 ;;; THIS INTERACTS WITH [server] timeout. Suggest using 0.1 or above for timeout (6 seconds)
	 (idletime    (configf:lookup-number *configdat* "server" "idletime" default: 4))
	 (server-key (conc (get-host-name) "-" (current-process-id))))
    (if (file-exists? start-flag)
	(let* ((fmodtime (file-modification-time start-flag))
	       (delta    (- (current-seconds) fmodtime))

	       (begin
		 (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Gating server start, last start: "
				   (seconds->time-string fmodtime) ", time since last start: " delta ", required idletime: " idletime ", gating reason:" (if old-enough "another job started a server" "too soon to start another server"))
		 
		 (thread-sleep! ( + 1 idletime))
		 (server:wait-for-server-start-last-flag areapath)))))))

;; oldest server alive determines host then choose random of youngest
;; five servers on that host
;;
(define (server:get-servers-info areapath)
  (let* ((servinfodir (conc *toppath*"/.servinfo"))
	 (allfiles    (glob (conc servinfodir"/*")))
	 (res         (make-hash-table)))
    (for-each
     (lambda (f)
       (let* ((hostport  (pathname-strip-directory f))
	      (serverdat (server:logf-get-start-info f)))
	 (hash-table-set! res hostport serverdat)))
     allfiles)
    res))

;; oldest server alive determines host then choose random of youngest
;; five servers on that host
;;
(define (server:choose-server areapath)
  ;; age is current-starttime
  ;; find oldest alive
  ;;   1. sort by age ascending and ping until good
  ;; find alive rand from youngest
  ;;   1. sort by age descending
  ;;   2. take five
  ;;   3. check alive, discard if not and repeat
  (let* ((serversdat  (server:get-servers-info areapath))
	 (by-time-asc (sort (hash-table-keys serversdat)
			    (lambda (a b)
			      (>= (list-ref (hash-table-ref serversdat a) 2)
				  (list-ref (hash-table-ref serversdat b) 2))))))
    (if (not (null? by-time-asc))
	(let* ((oldest     (last by-time-asc))
	       (oldest-dat (hash-table-ref serversdat oldest))
	       (host       (list-ref oldest-dat 1))
	       (all-valid  (filter (lambda (x)(equal? host (list-ref x 1))) by-time-asc)))
	  (print "oldest: "oldest-dat", selected host: "host", all-valid: "all-valid)
	  (print "youngest: "(hash-table-ref serversdat (car all-valid)))
	  (car all-valid))
	#f)))
        
;; kind start up of server, wait before allowing another server for a given
;; area to be launched
;;
(define (server:kind-run areapath)
  ;; look for $MT_RUN_AREA_HOME/logs/server-start-last
  ;; and wait for it to be at least <server idletime> seconds old