From: James Britt <jamesUNDERBARb@...>
Date: 2005-01-12T11:49:35+09:00
Subject: Re: mod_ruby & rails doc?

Sarah Tanembaum wrote:
> Using the mod_ruby gives web application more bags of tools that comes 
> with Apache, just like the mod_php. And also, it is easier to manage 
> since it is integrated with Apache.
> 
> Some have claimed that FastCGI is faster than mod_ruby, can anyone 
> validate these claims? Because I can hardly believe that CGI is faster 
> than the embedded interpreter.

I believe this is because FastCGI keeps one or more Ruby interpreters in 
memory, rather than creating a new process on each Web request.

Bear in mind that with mod_ruby, all Web applications are sharing the 
same interpreter, and the same object space.

James