From: Brian Candler <B.Candler@...>
Date: 2003-05-08T15:41:38+09:00
Subject: Re: Why is PHP so popular?  What can we learn from the PHP camp?

On Thu, May 08, 2003 at 08:55:20AM +0900, Rasputin wrote:
> * henq <henq _ replace 0 by o <hvtijen@h0tmail.c0m> [030508 00:42]:
>  
> > I beg to differ. You get many requests per second. So you need a thread or
> > process mechanism to let each request get its response when the response is
> > calculated/assembled/generated.
> > 
> > Apache happens to do just that *very* efficiently, by spawning off
> > processes. MySQL connections are pooled by the way (transparently for the
> > developer, if you want).
> 
> I don't use MySQL, but I doubt that forking off a subshell to run a CGI
> is as fast as starting a new thread on an existing object instance to
> service an incoming connection. 

Perhaps he was referring to Apache + mod_ruby? There is no fork involved to
service an application request.

> I *tried* to love mod_perl, honest. But having to rewrite a CGI to run
> under it is a pain in the ... neck.

Another reason I like fcgi, as it supports Perl/Ruby/C apps without
recompiling your webserver. Apps can run as "normal" CGI or fastCGI without
modification.

B.