From: David Garamond <lists@...6.isreserved.com>
Date: 2004-07-22T17:57:31+09:00
Subject: Re: mod_ruby or fastcgi+ruby?

Kirk Haines wrote:
> fast_cgi:
> - It IS more complex than mod_ruby.

Depends on the definition of "complex". I myself see fastcgi as far less 
complex than Apache+mod_ruby (e.g. compare the number of lines of the 
code). Plus if you use FastCGI, you don't have to understand Apache API 
(which can be said to be "complex" too). You only have to understand the 
CGI protocol, which is understood by perhaps 95-99% of web programmers.

Anoher + for fastcgi: it's easier to use it in a shared hosting 
environment. Since I provide shared hosting, I currently don't provide 
mod_perl/mod_php/mod_ruby. PHP runs as a CGI script (with a special 
module), and all CGI scripts are wrapped to each user's UID. And fastcgi 
is supported since it's easy to wrap the fcgi scripts using the 
FastcgiSuexec mechanism.

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dave