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For those who never dealt with the server end of the web in the mid-to-late 90s I can tell you that native executables for CGI was at that time not the least ra

For those who never dealt with the server end of the web in the mid-to-late 90s I can tell you that native executables for CGI was at that time not the least rare or uncommon.

biasedstudy 15y ago
Having a lightweight, standalone executable with quick start up time is still a major win.
- cageface 15y ago
  What about caching database connections? Opening a new connection on every request can be very slow, particularly for Oracle.
  - javadyan 15y ago
    One may consider using FastCGI to avoid the costs associated with starting a new process with each request.