From: Colin Coates <ColinCoates@...>
Date: 2003-04-04T00:26:00+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby FastCGI bindings?

> I have not compiled mod_ruby into a server, but personally I 
> think fastcgi rocks. It has a lot going for it:
> - in a mixed language environment, you can run Ruby fastcgi, 
> Perl fastcgi,
>   C fastcgi... all under the same webserver without having to add any
>   additional modules
> - each CGI application runs as its own process or pool of 
> processes, so you
>   have better visibility, more control (e.g. you can truss them, set
>   different sized pools for each application, kill them individually)

Thanks for your suggestions Brian.

I shall try using "fcgi" (rather than mod_ruby), as the advantages you
have identified  are currently more important for my project (than
having extensive access to the internal hooks of the Apache httpd).

Kind Regards,
Colin Coates.