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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.infosystems.www.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.localnet.com!news3.agis.net!agis!newspeer1.agis.net!agis!news1.exit109.com!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!netcom.com!tgl From: tgl@netcom.com (Tom Lane) Subject: Re: Unix too slow for a Web server? Message-ID: <TGL.96Oct29221138@netcom18.netcom.com> Sender: tgl@netcom18.netcom.com Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services References: <323ED0BD.222CA97F@pobox.com> <552p74$23e@polo.demon.co.uk> <554fun$r8v@clarknet.clark.net> Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 06:11:38 GMT Lines: 14 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:138539 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:30183 comp.infosystems.www.misc:45162 wmcbrine@clark.net (William McBrine) writes: > The reason Win NT -- and, IMHO a better choice, OS/2 -- systems might be > faster web servers than Unix systems, in some circumstances, is their use > of lightweight threads. Linux, at least, is making progress in this area, > but of course the HTTP servers will have to be rewritten to support it. That argument cuts both ways, of course ... are there any NT or OS/2 HTTP servers that can use multiple threads? BTW, if you think Linux is the first Unix system to support lightweight threads, you are ill-informed. Posix threads have been standard for a while. regards, tom lane