>>>>> "S" == S Joel Bernstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Scaling perl CGIs up to a few hundred a second is merely hard, but not >> impossible. S> Perhaps heretically, I disagree. Until perl can be used (transparent S> of web server api engines, which don't do a fantastic job anyway) in S> such a way that multiple concurrent hits doesn't involve an equal S> number of concurrent running perl instances, cgi perl will not S> (subject to reasonable hardware constraints) be much use for 100s of S> instances. Depends on your hardware, and that's also why this is "hard", but not "impossible". If you have smaller hardware, you need mod_perl. But that's not what was said here. S> Just my $0.02, this isn't intended as a flame. Pay closer attention to context next time, please. That's not a flame either. That's just a whack upside the head. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training!
