How does Python compare to ?

[Adam Ruth]

I do all of my web stuff in CGI and I have excellent performance.  I'm just
using FastCGI which allows you to code the simple and easy and portable CGI
way, but then deploy it using FastCGI which completely eliminates the Python
startup cost.  On a low-end machine I can withstand over 100 hits per second
and this is some heavy database stuff (using PostgreSQL).  With tuning and a
better machine I could easly get a lot more.

www.fastcgi.com

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Adam Ruth
InterCation, Inc.
www.intercation.com


"Moshe Zadka" <moshez at math.huji.ac.il> wrote in message
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>
> [Moshe]
> > Why use CGI? Its time is long past.
>
> [Cameron Laird]
> > CGI isn't modern, but it's going to be in use for a looooong
> > time, I claim.
>
> Of course -- heck, even I use CGI for most of my web solutions. The thing
> is, I'm not (currently) a web developer -- so when I have a problem to
> solve, the most important thing for me is how long it takes to set up
> the solution. For that, CGI rocks. However, as soon as you care about
> either performance or about program scalability (IOW, once it's beyond
> a form-to-send-mail and its ilk) (and if you don't, then the only
> difference between Java servlets, PHP-plugin and Python CGI is the
> syntax), the CGI is the most horrible solution available.
>
> CGI requires always a process startup and usually interpreter (be it
> Tcl, Guile, Perl or Python) startup. That makes it unacceptable if there
> are more then 2 hits/second.
> --
> Moshe Zadka <moshez at math.huji.ac.il>
> There is no IGLU cabal.
> http://advogato.org/person/moshez
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