> This is an engine for web based message board (forum) implemented entirely in assembly language, using FastCGI interface and SQLite database as a storage. A

> This is an engine for web based message board (forum) implemented entirely in assembly language, using FastCGI interface and SQLite database as a storage. A lot of heavy lifting isn't even done in Assembly. Not to say anything of what it's using for a TCP stack. I don't know where in the Amdahl's distribution the assembly part falls, but I'm guessing it ain't much. Edit: Also now that I perused the link, I wonder how many people commenting here are confused and are actually commenting on the speed of the Fossil browser vs the actual forum.