our client scripts on horizon and rr-n1-tor do run under mod_perl.
Dan
David Harris wrote:
> Derek Glidden wrote:
> > Sergei Kolodka wrote:
> > >
> > > Anyone here tried to compile OpenSRS cgi's
> > > in executebles with perlcc or B::C ?
> > > Interested in result, is compiling increases
> > > speed and what about server's load ?
> >
> > I haven't tried, but my guess is going to be that you're not going to
> > get a whole lot from it. Most of the program's time is going to be
> > spent waiting either for user input from the webpage or from a response
> > from the OpenSRS server, so compiling your app is just going to enable
> > it to wait faster. :)
>
> Compiling a perl app with B::C will mainly make it startup faster, but not
> execute any faster. From the B::C manpage:
>
> "compiling with this backend will not help improve the runtime
> execution speed of your program but may improve the start-
> up time."
>
> The main problem with perl scripts on slow machines is that sometimes you have
> to wait a second for the script to parse. With CGI the script is parsed every
> time that it is run, because a new processes is created each time. That's why
> mod_perl was created, which allows you to parse everything once (storing the
> parsed code in the Apache server) and then have the server handle a bunch of
> requests super-quick.
>
> I do believe that OpenSRS does run under mod_perl as a registry script.
>
> See: http://perl.apache.org/
>
> David Harris
> President, DRH Internet Inc.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.drh.net/
