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I see so many 'blazing fast' HTTP servers, in every language imaginable. Does anyone write a slow HTTP server any more? The real challenge is in writing a usef
by joosters 12y ago
I see so many 'blazing fast' HTTP servers, in every language imaginable. Does anyone write a slow HTTP server any more?
The real challenge is in writing a useful, useable server which still stays fast under load. In contrast, you have to be writing terrible coding horrors for your home-grown static file web server NOT to be wire-speed :)
(No offence to the writers of this particular server, I haven't looked at the code)
- how_gauche 12y agoThe reason people care about speed here is the reason people care about speed in all infrastructure projects: every millisecond of the timeslice spent doing work inside the transport is a millisecond you're not accomplishing application logic. Efficient http code lowers distributed system latency and saves power.