On Wed, Oct 06, 2010 at 04:57:15PM +0530, Noufal Ibrahim wrote: > > "Loading the interpreter" is a general term. Interpreters do various > things when they start which can significantly affect performance > (searching module include paths is one example).
CGI scripts have be to executed by an interpreter process. And CGI handling webserver modules, like mod_python/mod_perl invoke an interpreter instance as process for handling each request. The blurb from the Wikpedia did mention about what I was trying to say as heavy weight operation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Gateway_Interface#Drawbacks And better way in Python at the moment is WSGI. The perl vs python comparison on shell is interesting and could be due to variety of reasons, but I am not sure if this performance comparison is conclusive for using perl on webserver instead of python. I have not come across this argument earlier. If it is something which people consider, it would be interesting to know. Perl+CGI has been there and is quite mature, that could be a probable argument. -- Senthil _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
