Interesting but isn't the difference within statistical "fluctuation" ? :-)
Did you compare them to the pure C module (without embed Perl)? Peter Bi > If I compiled a c module that embed a perl interpreter and > I benchmark this again the same module in mod_perl > > I got a big difference in favor of mod_c. > > For example mod_c give with ab: > > Requests per second: 674.76 [#/sec] (mean) > Time per request: 11.86 [ms] (mean) > Time per request: 1.48 [ms] (mean, across all concurrent requests) > > mod_perl gives: > > Requests per second: 499.75 [#/sec] (mean) > Time per request: 16.01 [ms] (mean) > Time per request: 2.00 [ms] (mean, across all concurrent requests) > > Why is mod_perl so slow compare to a mod_c that embed perl. > > thanks. > > >