[Catalyst] FastCGI is Weak Sauce

[Matt S Trout]

A. Pagaltzis wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> this was written about Rails apps, but all the conceptual points
> are 100% applicable to Catalyst:
> 
>     The Web Is a Pipe
>     http://duncandavidson.com/essay/2006/06/webaspipe
> 
> I’m not as sure about the practical points. In particular, I
> have no idea what Mongrel really does, although I heard about it
> before and wondered if it’s something the CPAN needs and could
> steal. I’m also unsure about how the existence and deployment of
> mod_perl affects these issues.
> 
> But I know he is dead on the money about pipes. So whatever the
> conclusions where Perl and Catalyst are concerned, this is worth
> thinking about.

Talking a well-defined binary protocol down a pipe is also not hard.

I don't really see what the fuss is about.

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