----- Original Message ----
> From: William A. Rowe Jr. <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Thu, December 30, 2010 7:45:54 PM
> Subject: Re: Inspiration for mod_lua
>
> On 12/30/2010 6:08 PM, Graham Dumpleton wrote:
> >
> > The problem with mod_python was that it was poorly implemented. If you
> > were start from scratch and do it over, it would be possible to make
> > it much more light weight. The mod_wsgi module has shown this can be
> > the case.
>
> The best solution of perl/python/JavaVM/.NET is and will always be out of
> memory workers scaled for the anticipated amount of app traffic in some
> functionally useful scope (e.g. 8 fast dispatching workers on 4-way SMP).
> The machine doesn't bog, the responses appear more 'zippy', etc. Large
> response bodies dodge that worker pool.
>
> In other words, mod_fcgid. :)
Blech. The upside to mod_perl is that you get the rest of the server for
free. mod_fcgid (or even mod_wsgi) is the same old crappy impoverished
CGI interface.