[nodejs] http max performance experiments

2013-04-02 Thread billywhizz
just wanted to get some feedback on some experiments i have been doing in getting maximum http performance in node.js. the code is here: https://github.com/billywhizz/minhttp this is a c++ addon that does the absolute minimum http processing and leaves all decisions to the end user about how mu

Re: [nodejs] http max performance experiments

2013-04-02 Thread Arnout Kazemier
I just want to be the first who says this: YEAH! HTTP/TCP doesn't belong in core! Move it all to user land! But in all seriousness, impressive stats, it just shows how much more performance there is to gain in Node.js. On Tuesday, April 2, 2013 at 1:57 PM, billywhizz wrote: > just wanted to g

Re: [nodejs] http max performance experiments

2013-04-02 Thread billywhizz
i tend to agree. i would like core to be just a very small wrapper around libuv and everything else to be in user land. but it's too late for those kind of arguments at this stage. having said that, it is quite easy to build your own stripped down node.js with almost all of the js removed. i ca

Re: [nodejs] http max performance experiments

2013-04-02 Thread Dan Shaw
I'm just going to leave this here: https://vimeo.com/56402326 Daniel Shaw @dshaw On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 1:33 PM, billywhizz wrote: > i tend to agree. i would like core to be just a very small wrapper around > libuv and everything else to be in user land. but it's too late for those > kind of ar

Re: [nodejs] http max performance experiments

2013-04-02 Thread billywhizz
thanks for the constructive feedback daniel. On Wednesday, April 3, 2013 12:39:23 AM UTC+1, dshaw wrote: > > I'm just going to leave this here: > https://vimeo.com/56402326 > > Daniel Shaw > @dshaw > > > On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 1:33 PM, billywhizz > > wrote: > > i tend to agree. i would like