Python v PHP for web, and restarting Apache?

[gavino]

On Nov 17, 4:46 pm, sandra.el... at gmail.com wrote:
> On Nov 17, 12:07 pm, "walterbyrd" <walterb... at iname.com> wrote:
>
> > I think I have read somewhere that using Python to develop
> > web-applications requires some restarting of the Apache server, whereas
> > PHP does not.It depends what you do. CGI's operate much like PHP. mod_python has
> auto-reloading (and by implication most frameworks that build on it.) A
> poorly designed web application may require a restart. (Some people
> also disable auto-reload for production servers for performance
> advantages.)
>
> > Also, I seem to remember reading something about PHP being able to
> > recover from Apache restarting  more easily than Python.I can think of no reason why that would be true. Perhaps these are
> poorly designed python applications?
>
> > I am not trying to suggest anything here. I'm just asking.Ask away. The only bad question is an unasked question. Most of us can
> act like adults here (although we all forget that from time to time.)
>
> Python is much better suited to writing and mainting large web
> applications though. Being both an experienced php and python
> programmer, I can tell you I don't use php any more unless I have no
> other choice.
>
> -Sandra

Sandra do you us ethe msot up to date php and python?
how fast is fastcgi v mod_python?
Have you ever used medusa? or some other python server directly?