Frederik Ramm schreef: > Hi, > >> Do we need an Apache server? >> Why not writing (in c/c++) a small daemon listening on another port >> (e.g. 8080) and having a pool of threads translating from GET requests >> to mysql querries and from mysql results to xml? > > Famous last words: "Let's just write a small HTTP daemon..." ;-) > > Sure it's possible but you'd end up firstly not supporting a lot of > stuff that you get for free if you use an Apache server (e.g. keepalive, > output compression, HTTPS support) and secondly you're very likely to > introduce tons of bugs and security holes that the Apache folks have > long since thought of.
As mentioned before. Take a look at cherokee and their module structure. :) You got the best off all worlds :) Stefan _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dev
