On 11/12/2009 03:33 PM, Nicolas George wrote:
If I can not do it with Apache and mod_perl, I will write my own HTTP server. But that is a shame, because it has to serve static content too, and that, Apache does definitely better than me.
I wouldn't write your own. There are other event based, asynchronous web servers out there in Perl (HTTP::Server::Multiplex, Net::Server::Coro, Tatsumaki) so better to pick one of those than write your own.
This technique in general falls under the umbrella term of "Comet", so I'd search CPAN for that. When I did it I quickly saw Stardust.
-- Michael Peters Plus Three, LP
