Agree that it was not an apples to apples comparison. So please check out my 2nd blog:
https://dev.to/suntong/simple-web-server-in-perl-and-go-revisit-5d82 > thanks to Axel Wagner, who replaced the net/http.Server layer with direct > translation of Perl code, the code is now reading and writing directly to a > socket, just as what the Perl code is doing. @Budi, links to my Go code are available in both of my posts. On Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 8:08 PM Ivan Bertona wrote: > > Looking a the two code samples I wouldn't say this is an apples to apples > comparison... The Perl script seems to be a simple single-threaded loop that > understands a tiny subset of HTTP vs. a fully-fledged (and secure) web server > from the Go standard library. I would definitely not run that Perl script in > production, even if it was for a simple project. My bet is that if you > actually port the Perl script to a Go program that does more or less the same > thing you'll see more or less the same performance (because the example is > fundamentally I/O-bound). > > Best, > Ivan > > On Friday, June 7, 2019 at 9:36:49 AM UTC-4, Tong Sun wrote: >> >> I had always believed that the web projects build with Go should be much >> faster than Perl, since Go is a compiled language. >> >> However that belief was crushed brutally last night, when I did a comparison >> -- the Go implementation is 8 times worse than the Perl! -- the mean >> response time jumped from 6ms to 48ms. >> >> I know this is the simplest possible web server, but still, when it comes to >> simple web servers like this, I have to say that Perl performs much better >> than Go. >> >> I don't think there is much I can twist on the Go side, since it can't be >> more simpler than that. However, I also believe it won't hurt to ask and >> confirm. So, >> >> Have I missed anything? Is it possible for me to make my Go implementation >> anywhere near the Perl's performance? >> >> Thanks >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "golang-nuts" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/golang-nuts/iH2Ck_hpCpI/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/12e7666a-385f-47ef-b061-9738802e7a88%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CAMmz1OcOMggESp%3D9GaPSLQUo89bmnGDtm7-KM1i3i%3DNiJQN5TA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
