From: Patrick May <patrick@...>
Date: 2005-09-22T19:59:55+09:00
Subject: Re: narf

Ara,

On Sep 17, 2005, at 10:39 AM, Ara.T.Howard wrote:

> any strong evidence that it is faster than the built-in cgi.rb?

narf/ruby-web is not faster than cgi.rb -- they both do the same  
amount of work.  narf/ruby-web runs under mod_ruby and fast cgi,  
where it receives the expected speed benefits.

The main difference between ruby-web and cgi.rb is the api, error  
handling, testing support, and installers.  Speaking of which, I have  
just released the first beta of ruby-web:

   http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=873

The windows installer will configure IIS, and the Mac OS X installer  
will configure default Apache installation.

This is quite the beta release -- the manual is spotty, and the  
installers are fresh.  Still, this should give a taste of how I'd  
like ruby to be used on the web.

Cheers,

Patrick