Python daemon instead of CGI programs

[Jason Orendorff]

Doug Farrell wrote:
> I work for a company that develops big content web sites using
> CGI's built with C++ as the primary programming model. [...]
> I'm of the opinion this is akin to killing a fly with a sledgehammer
> and am thinkin of some other mechanism.

It's more like killing a fly with a steamroller that you built
yourself from parts.

> What do you think of this idea? Am I completely off base and missing
> some other obvious solution?

Does iPlanet support servlets?  With Jython, you can write servlets
in Python.

The Servlet API is a bit different from CGI, but it's generally a
*good* difference.  Plus, this works to decrease your dependence
on any particular server vendor, rather than the opposite.

But, you'll have to learn the Java way of doing some things.

## Jason Orendorff    http://www.jorendorff.com/