From: Todd Gillespie <toddg@...127.ma.utexas.edu>
Date: 2001-05-09T09:10:09+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:14880] Re: Ruby and Web Applications

MJ Ray <markj+comp.lang.ruby@cloaked.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

: If you're talking about moving from php to an embedded ruby, you're
: probably correct.  The *right* thing to do is an object-based ruby
: application server, which could (should?) be an order of magnitude
: faster than embedded scripting.  Anyone interested?  ;-)

Would you mind explaining *why* you expect an order-of-magnitude
performance increase?  I mean, let's compare the normal bottlenecks:

                  Embedded scripts                Application Server
                  --------------------------------------------------
compiled scripts      yes                           yes
pooled DB handles     yes                           yes
threaded arch         yes (on my systems)           presumably


Where is a 10x improvement going to come from?