Java vs Python

[Martijn Faassen]

Erno Kuusela <erno at iki.fi> wrote:
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>     HD> 3 Which is faster eg. Java servlets or Python CGI with
>     HD> mod_python ?

> cgi is usually a bit slow, whether you use it to run java or python
> or perl or cobol programs.

Not if you run it with something like mod_python. CGI is slow because it
keeps firing up interpreters. Things like mod_python (or Zope for
that matter) make this unnecessary; a python interpreter stays in
memory. Unless there's something else about CGI making it slower? I 
can't imagine what, though.

Regards,

Martijn
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