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Well in the old days, the operating system was there to help you. If plugins were standalone processes, they could be resource-constrained. But they all have to
by jacques_chester 11y ago
Well in the old days, the operating system was there to help you. If plugins were standalone processes, they could be resource-constrained. But they all have to run in-process because of the LAMP architecture.
Hence -- cooperative multitasking.
I've been complaining about it for years. Eg: http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/07/10/shared-hosting-is-doomed-and-i-have-the-graphs-to-prove-it/ http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/07/10/shared-hosting-is-doomed...
- lamosty 11y agoThanks for the article, it's insightful and I & history agree completely with you. Nowadays, people are using prebuilt VPS images or automation scripts to provision their servers and shared hostings are becoming more of a VPS hostings with a good UI around these tools. I see that you are a WordPress veteran, nice to hear your opinions :)