FreeLists / openbeos / [openbeos] Re: Web hosting from DreamHost, for free.

[Mikael Jansson <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Michael Phipps skrev:
> Mikael Jansson wrote:
> > Michael Phipps skrev:
> > > A normal CGI does a fork and exec() to start the CGI application.
> > >
> > > FastCGI runs in a loop (think BLooper), waiting for requests. There 
> > > is a thin wrapper that your CGI needs, but it is pretty trivial to 
> > > change one into the other.
> > > The downside of fastcgi is that if you have a memory or handle leak 
> > > (db, ldap, whatever), code that runs in a CGI will break under load.
> > ... which is basically the same problem you'd run into were you to run 
> > the application as a daemon, right?
> Yes. FastCGI is a neat piece of software, but it can't fix other 
> people's bad code. :-)
i.e., if Trac's okay, then there's nothing wrong about deploying it 
using FastCGI. I'm using it, and it works.
Anyway, I trust you guys make the right decision when it comes to the 
hosting stuff... Just wanted to let you know about it.
-- tic