I've read it while ago. The "problem" with that test is the number of processors. It takes a high number of CPUs to bring Erlang benefits.
And scalability performance is only one issue. For example, how do you deal with deployment of a new version in large distributed system while on production? With Erlang you can do it on the fly with no ups and downs and you can even take it back seamlessly. What happens if you want to keep it ON for months? I have no clue about Stackless Python. That said, considering what I've seen about python and the differences to Stackless, you bet on it as a great solution! I love it! On Dec 3, 7:40 pm, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > What do you people make of this: > > http://muharem.wordpress.com/2007/07/31/erlang-vs-stackless-python-a-... > > (web2py runs on stackless except that out server does not take > advantage of its features). > > Massimo > > On Dec 3, 1:32 pm, Branko Vukelic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I don't know why but Java hasn't been mentioned even once. Java has > > seen lots of deployment, and I imagine some huge stuff might have been > > built on it, and it's open-source-ish. :) > > > PHP? It's well capable of handling it's business, you know. Facebook's > > front-end runs on PHP. And it's open-source. Ugly as hell, too. > > > Ruby on Rails was another option, right? Has all the benefits of an > > open-source project with all the benefits of the 'proven to scale' > > argument? > > > And finally, Erlang. Proven to massively scale in right hands, proven > > ability to deal with hugely concurrent apps... If it's good enough for > > Ericsson, right? I mean telecomm software: real-time, distributed, and > > how many people use phones (including cells) around the world? > > Facebook chat runs on it, Github has some components ported to Erlang, > > and generally, wherever real-timeness is a priority, it's unbeatable. > > > So, it's not .NET vs web2py. It's proven-to-scale (they gave .NET and > > Rails as examples, iirc), versus web2py. You have open-source > > solutions other than Python/web2py. Frankly, I'd always bet on Erlang. > > But I never learn enough of it to get started. :) > > > -- > > Branko Vukelić > > > [email protected] > > [email protected] > > > Check out my blog:http://www.brankovukelic.com/ > > Check out my portfolio:http://www.flickr.com/photos/foxbunny/ > > Registered Linux user #438078 (http://counter.li.org/) > > I hang out on identi.ca:http://identi.ca/foxbunny > > > Gimp Brushmakers Guildhttp://bit.ly/gbg-group
