From: Sean Chittenden <sean@...>
Date: 2002-04-08T12:19:38+09:00
Subject: Re: Switching from PHP to Ruby - Comments Please

> > > Ok, help me out here. What are the possible configurations for running
> > > a ruby website. Here is the list according to my understanding:
> > >
> > > 3. mod_ruby/eruby
> > >     a. eruby allows ruby code to be embeded into any text document.
> > >        mod_ruby lets Apache call eruby to process a ruby encoded file.
> > >     b. Can FCGI or FastCGI be used here to speed things up, or is it
> > >        enough that each apache process has its own ruby process.
> > >     c. What about the future with Apache 2.0. Will threads help here?
> > >
> > 
> > You do not need eruby to use mod_ruby.  You can write your scripts as you
> > would for CGI, but call them through mod_ruby rather than CGI.  Likewise,
> > you can use eruby as a CGI app.
> > 
> Is one way preferred over the other?

eRuby from mod_ruby: the Ruby interpreter is already loaded and that
increases performance (nevermind the module caching).  -sc

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Sean Chittenden