On Sat, 24 Apr 2004, Les Mikesell wrote: > Would you have a lot of unnecessary overhead if, instead of > writing your own multiplexing and embedded perl, you ran > a stock apache/mod_perl or fastcgi and a really simple > front end that dispatches the jobs via http requests?
I have no idea, and I have no inclination to find out. :-) > It would add some software dependencies, but all things > that are well tested, packaged in distributions, and > already understood by system administrators. apache + mod_perl is a very fragile thing, IMO. There are lots of things still broken in apache2's mod_perl. > You would also inherit a framework for web status checking and > administration. We already have that in our commercial product using the multiplexor control socket and other means, so it's already doable. Regards, David. _______________________________________________ Visit http://www.mimedefang.org and http://www.canit.ca MIMEDefang mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/mailman/listinfo/mimedefang