----- Original Message ----
> From: William A. Rowe Jr. <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Thu, December 30, 2010 8:48:51 PM
> Subject: Re: Inspiration for mod_lua
>
> On 12/30/2010 6:52 PM, Joe Schaefer wrote:
> >
> > 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.
>
> Hmmm, fork for exec is that insignificant? Not according to any data I've
>seen.
>
> I agree mod_perl has some killer perks, but really hoping that mod_lua will
> replace a good number of those special cases. As far as handlers/endpoints,
> fcgid significantly displaces CGI in performance, although yes, it's
identical
> in its limitations.
I wasn't referring to performance, but *nothing* other than the main websites
would be impacted performance wise if they were all running mod_perl + prefork.
I was referring to the fact that mod_perl exposes pretty much the entire
webserver
to perl, even though only a small number of people are able to use that power
effectively. Most people nowadays want a fully-boxed framework like rails.
I mean take the CMS I just wrote with mod_perl. It's 2K LOC, uses a custom
map_to_storage handler, and defers a good chunk of its (sub)requests to httpd
for things like autoindex and negotiation and plain-old file serving, and
forwards
a user's basic auth creds to the subversion server. That isn't remotely
feasible
with mod_fcgi, I'd have to reimplement all that functionality my app, which is
a waste.
