Recommendation for small, fast, Python based web server

[Antoine Pitrou]

Le Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:40:21 +0100, Irmen de Jong a écrit :
> 
> I don't think that number is fair for Python. I think a well written
> Python web server can perform in the same ballpark as most mainstream
> web servers written in C. Especially Apache, which really isn't a top
> performer. And I'm pretty sure a well written Python server can
> outperform a badly written C based server easily.

The order of magnitude I gave is based on real-world testing. You are 
under-estimating how much of an impact Python's interpretation speed has 
on low-level code. Even Apache *is* a top performer compared to Python 
web servers.