I know this sounds kind of simple minded but why not bench test the site, set everything up in the office get a good switch plug the site into 1 port and 5-10 client boxes with some load testing software and plug it in to the same switch and beat the crap out of it. After you do this for a while and find all the hot spots show it to the customer and go here it works.
marc ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Sergeant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jeff Yoak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 3:24 AM Subject: Re: mod_perl vs. C for high performance Apache modules > On Fri, 14 Dec 2001, Jeff Yoak wrote: > > > All, > > > > I wasn't sure what volume of response to expect when I originally > > wrote. Thank you all for the comments that you all are making. They are > > helping. Given that the response is fairly high, I'm waiting for stuff to > > roll in rather than replying to each of you. Don't think it is falling on > > unappreciating ears. :-) > > To respond to a few recurring comments / questions: > > > > Me? I've spent most of the last four years working on mod_perl-based stuff > > and most of the last eight working with Perl. Actually I've worked with > > folks who were involved with some of the projects you've mentioned, having > > been at idealab!, a parent of eToys and CitySearch. One of the original > > (THE original?) developer at CitySearch was probably the most helpful > > mentor / teacher I've ever worked with. I programmed in C a lot early in > > my career, but at this point I couldn't write anything substantial without > > brushing up, and frankly wouldn't care to. It just isn't as fun to work > > with C. But then, the argument, "But if you used C, you wouldn't get to > > work with ME!" may not convince some of these people with their values all > > screwed up... ;-) > > Actually that would be my argument. When you're getting investors in, the > primary thing they should be looking to buy into is the quality of the > people there, not necessarily the code, because only one out of those two > can be fixed easily (even in our current times, totally replacing a > programming team is a difficult thing to do). > > I write C. I write Perl. And I combine them both to good effect. But, I > wouldn't even consider writing anything but time critical routines in C - > I do as much as possible in Perl for the following reasons: > > - It's fast enough. > - It's safer. > - It has a built in test harness (Test::Harness). > - It's more fun. > - It's faster to develop in. > - It's OO, and that saves me time and effort. > - It has an infinitely better community than C. > > The last point is probably my favourite, though probably means bugger all > to an investor. > > -- > <!-- Matt --> > <:->Get a smart net</:-> >
