Comments on: A Perl Monger’s take on Ruby: Conclusion http://www.jasonporritt.com/a-perl-mongers-take-on-ruby-conclusion/ software development et al. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:07:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Jason http://www.jasonporritt.com/a-perl-mongers-take-on-ruby-conclusion/#comment-7 Jason Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:47:08 +0000 http://www.jasonporritt.com/a-perl-mongers-take-on-ruby-conclusion/#comment-7 Mod_perl is not a good fit for every web application, as you mentioned, and does require more memory and configuration than several alternatives. What it does do is give complete control over each phase of Apache, which I have found is extremely valuable in complex systems of applications. FastCGI just can't do the sort of things I've been involved with using mod_perl. I recently started using a bit of PHP to simplify maintenance on a small site, mainly because it is so easy to deploy in a shared hosting environment. So far it has been working well. FastCGI might be an option but I haven't spent much time with it, either. Mod_perl is not a good fit for every web application, as you mentioned, and does require more memory and configuration than several alternatives. What it does do is give complete control over each phase of Apache, which I have found is extremely valuable in complex systems of applications. FastCGI just can’t do the sort of things I’ve been involved with using mod_perl.

I recently started using a bit of PHP to simplify maintenance on a small site, mainly because it is so easy to deploy in a shared hosting environment. So far it has been working well. FastCGI might be an option but I haven’t spent much time with it, either.

]]> By: Mark Stosberg http://www.jasonporritt.com/a-perl-mongers-take-on-ruby-conclusion/#comment-6 Mark Stosberg Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:11:45 +0000 http://www.jasonporritt.com/a-perl-mongers-take-on-ruby-conclusion/#comment-6 Thanks for the perl vs. ruby posts. I enjoyed them. regarding mod_perl, I'm frustrating about the difficulty to deploy it. It is a rare site to find in a mass-hosting environment, can use a fair bit of persistent memory, and generally requires configuration that can't be automated. Maybe FastCGI is a middle ground. I haven't explored it much. PHP seems to have found a decent balance of good performance without the extra configuration or hosting issues with mod_perl. While I am also sticking with Perl over ruby, and also appreciate and use mod_perl as a tool, I suspect there are easier ways to build high-performance websites than with mod_perl. Thanks for the perl vs. ruby posts. I enjoyed them.

regarding mod_perl, I’m frustrating about the difficulty to deploy it. It is a rare site to find in a mass-hosting environment, can use a fair bit of persistent memory, and generally requires configuration that can’t be automated.

Maybe FastCGI is a middle ground. I haven’t explored it much. PHP seems to have found a decent balance of good performance without the extra configuration or hosting issues with mod_perl.

While I am also sticking with Perl over ruby, and also appreciate and use mod_perl as a tool, I suspect there are easier ways to build high-performance websites than with mod_perl.

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