Is mod_perl available on your host?

If not, every time your page is accessed a new perl process is started, services the request, then dies. That's a pretty heavy hit for the poor webserver to take.

I think you'd have to adapt your approach to work under mod_perl, though, but I'm not sure. Check out the mod_perl site.

I'm sure a lot of the other monks can give you more detailed advice.

How much code are we talking about, though? If it's not too bad, don't be totally opposed to the php idea. It could be a good educational exercise, if nothing else.
--
Mike

In reply to Re: General questions on optimizing Perl performance by RMGir
in thread [untitled node, ID 195604] by Samn

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