Is this true regarding Python's limitation?

[Martijn Faassen]

Cameron Laird <claird at starbase.neosoft.com> wrote:
> In article <8qdfcn$71b$1 at nnrp1.deja.com>, vbMark  <vbmark at my-deja.com> wrote:
>>Someone told me that the reason Java is better than Python for server-
>>side CGI is because where Java uses one process and creates threads for
>>each user's access, Python creates sperate processes for each user's
>>CGI access.  So using Python would greatly limit and perhaps crash a
>>server.
>>
>>Is this true?
> 			.
> Urban legend.  There are a few isolated words in your description
> that correspond in a barely recognizable way to truth.  Do NOT
> shun Python for CGI because it "would ... perhaps crash a server"
> (and certainly not in comparison with Java).

In particular, Zope (built with Python) does do exactly what Python isn't
supposed to do according to this person; create separate threads for each
user's request.

http://www.zope.org

Regards,

Martijn
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