Java's scalability in Web service (was: Language Niches (long))

[Cameron Laird]

In article <mailman.996437578.30803.python-list at python.org>,
Paul Prescod  <paulp at ActiveState.com> wrote:
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>Yes, it is clear that languages can outgrow their original niches.
>That's why I mentioned Servlets and EJBs. My understanding is that use
>of these technologies allow you to achieve scalability easier than in
>languages where you must do it all "yourself". But that's just hearsay.
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On a couple of levels, I believe.  That is,
I accept that the industry largely shares and
propagates the belief that servlets and EJBs
are good scalability mechanisms.  I have a
personal belief that they are mediocre at
best.  I suspect that NO one has more than
the flimsiest actual measurements that bear
on the claim.  Does anyone know of research
into this point?
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