So the first framework ever (Java Servlets) is still pretty much the fastest? I wonder what that says about where development is heading. In my previous proje

So the first framework ever (Java Servlets) is still pretty much the fastest? I wonder what that says about where development is heading. In my previous project I've actually used straight servlets and found them quite RESTful and elegant - HTTP GET calls a function, you run a SQL query, render results using a template. What else does a framework really need? I much prefer that to the beast that is Spring. In fact, that's pretty much what people use tornado+express for these days - map a URL to a function.