[Tutor] Python fast enough for ad server?

[OkaMthembo]

Hi guys,

I stumbled upon a tool called Psyco (http://psyco.sourceforge.net/) sounds
like what i need.

Thanks again,

Lloyd

On 5/10/07, OkaMthembo <zebra05 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks for all your contributions. i think i will do it all in Python, it
> seems to me that the advantages far outweigh any negatives.
>
> Maybe once its a working project, we can then benchmark the code and see
> what gives.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Lloyd
>
> On 5/9/07, Eric Walstad <eric at ericwalstad.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hey OkaMthenbo,
> >
> > OkaMthembo wrote:
> > > Hi guys,
> > >
> > > I need to write an ad-serving application and i'm using Win XP as my
> > dev
> > > platform. Naturally, i want it to be as painless as possible and i was
> > > thinking of writing it 100% in Python. However, i have not written any
> >
> > > big apps in the language and i wonder if Python would have the
> > > performance or scale fast enough to a large user base.
> > Most certainly for some definitions of 'large'  :)
> >
> > Most web apps these days are not written in a single language/technology
> >
> > and are often not running on a single piece of hardware.  If you search
> > the archives of your favorite Python web application framework I'm
> > pretty sure you'll find a discussion on how to scale your app to handle
> > a 'large' user base.  At the risk of oversimplification, but in hopes of
> > avoiding premature optimization, I'd focus first on achieving working
> > code, then benchmark it, then optimize if optimization is still needed.
> >
> > Many others have achieved high volume Python web apps using a mix of all
> > the wonderful open source tools available.  If your content doesn't
> > change quickly and the ratio of GETs/POSTs is high, a caching server in
> > front of your python app might be just the trick (memcached, squid,etc).
> > But don't waste your time if you don't need to.  Define 'too slow' and
> > then prove to yourself that your app passes that threshold.  If so, then
> >
> > figure out why it's slow and optimize the slow parts.
> >
> > Good luck,
> >
> > Eric.
> >
>
>
>
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