[ILUG] aolserver vs apache

[Dave Wilson]

> > In this simple test, and in the context of using AOLserver as a PHP
> > aware webserver, Apache beats it easily. The PHP documentation
> > (php-4.0.2/sapi/aolserver/README) states that the AOLserver port is not
> > ready for production yet, but it's already more stable than it was a few
> > months ago.
> > AOLserver cannot be beaten by Apache for serving static content though. 
> 
>  PHP must be really shite, if it can cripple AOLserver like that ;)

FWIW, I'd never use PHP with AOLserver. PHP is cool, but as far as I can see,
its reason for existing is basically "what cool stuff can we add to Apache"?
Which is cool. But Tcl is a very mature, very lightweight scripting language
for exactly this sort of function, and the AOLserver/Tcl combination is pretty
well honed.

I use PHP because it's cool and fun to program, and quite good enough. But
AOLserver/Tcl is world-class.

Dave

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