From: Wes Moxam <wildwildwes@...>
Date: 2004-08-19T07:52:56+09:00
Subject: Re: [RAILS] way too slow...

On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 06:55:43 +0900, David Morton <mortonda@dgrmm.net> wrote:
> Wes Moxam wrote:
> 
> > David, how complex is your site going to be and how much traffic do
> > you plan on getting? Unless you're planning to compete with ebay in
> > the next couple of months, Rails is likely fast enough for you. Signup
> > for a free account at http://www.basecamphq.com/ to try out a
> > production rails application.
> 
> I don't have an application for it right now, but I'm arguing the
> principle of the thing.  I think a web server needs to be able to handle
> more than 1 request per second. :P

It sounds like you would rather use something that has impressive
looking benchmark numbers than something that will reduce your
develpment time. I would suggest php (www.php.net). There are plenty
of PHP frameworks available, although none will be as fun to use as
rails.

-- Wes