PPerl performance example

[Matt Sergeant <ma...@sergeant.org>]

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In case anyone is interested in PPerl as an alternative where mod_perl might 
be too hard to get installed, I have done some very *very* simplistic 
benchmarking to show the performance differences. Here's the script I used:

  use strict;
  use Data::Dumper;
  use CGI;
  
  print CGI::header(-type => "text/plain");
  print Dumper(\%ENV);

Running under three environments: Perl CGI, PPerl CGI, and mod_perl 
Apache::Registry. The results of the quick benchmark over 30 seconds were:

Perl CGI: 3.43 requests/sec
PPerl CGI: 32.42 requests/sec
mod_perl: 80.85 requests/sec

Which is about what I expected.

The most interesting figures are the latency figures - pperl is around the 
same latency-wise as mod_perl, where both blow plain perl CGI out of the 
water, meaning your users get a *much* better experience.

Anyway, just thought you might be interested. Note that PPerl is also really 
useful with stuff like Mail::Audit scripts.

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