> It probably won't work with Apache and PHP, but there may be a way to use 
> Nginx
> or something that can handle a lot more connections where there's a 3-way
> interaction.  Basically, the client connects to the server and immediately
> calls Erlang and says, "send me a message when there's data available for this
> session"... the session is suspended until there's data, then it's allowed to
> flow through the PHP script.  It's a bunch of plumbing and a little bit of
> extra smarts on the Erlang side, but you get the persistent connection.

This is basically to keep from spawning a bunch of heavy Apache+PHP
processes that do nothing but wait around, right?

Hmmm...

I think I understand.  That's pretty neat.  Thanks!

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