Phillip J. Eby wrote:
I find that surprising, since I only use CGI if I'm not concerned about the start time. It's not like there aren't dozens of "long-running process" solutions for Python web apps including mod_python, FastCGI, SCGI, Twisted, and even ReadyExec, to fit almost every conceivable need. And since the advent of WSGI, more frameworks can be used with more of those deployment options than ever before.
As an example, both MoinMoin and pypi (cheeseshop) ran as CGI scripts on python.org for quite some time. I'm not sure whether this is still the case case, but there were certainly many accesses to both, and they produced a significant load. Currently, viewcvs runs as a CGI script on svn.python.org. This is because I don't know what FastCGI, SCGI, Twisted, and ReadyExec are, and I have only heard of mod_python, and I don't have any time to learn any of these, and then find out how to adjust viewcvs to use them. I guess once the search engines find them, they will also contribute to the load. Also, the sf redirector (python.org/sf) is a CGI script. It runs fairly quickly these days, but it might not get invoked so often. Regards, Martin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]