World's "Fastest" Small Web Server Released, Based On LISP 502
Cougem writes "John Fremlin has released what he believes to be the worlds fastest webserver for small dynamic content, teepeedee2. It is written entirely in LISP, the world's second oldest high-level programming language. He gave a talk at the Tokyo Linux Users Group last year, with benchmarks, which he says demonstrate that 'functional programming languages can beat C.' Imagine a small alternative to Ruby on rails, supporting the development of any web application, but much faster."
"functional programming languages can beat C" (Score:5, Funny)
In speed and elegance, perhaps. But not on the überprogrammer salary to maintain it.
Disgusting (Score:5, Funny)
It's disgusting that these LISPers aren't content with their own perversion, but have to try to attract others to the gay lifestyle.
Re:Faster anything is good. (Score:5, Funny)
Not at the expense of having to learn LISP! I'd rather use dialup.
Re:Disgusting (Score:1, Funny)
It's disgusting that these LISPers aren't content with their own perversion, but have to try to attract others to the gay lifestyle.
You're confused fellow AC. That's Apple's territory.
oblig (Score:5, Funny)
In speed and elegance, perhaps.
So you agree to the fact that emacs is faster and more elegant than vi, right ? You agree ?
But C is more readable (Score:3, Funny)
His example blog is already Slashdotted... (Score:5, Funny)
... so I guess it's not fast enough.
Re:Attention Pooftahs and Frenchies (Score:4, Funny)
We do that on Nov 11, thanks. I don't see why we need to adopt your dates for the purpose.
But... but... Nov. 11th is a horrible date for outdoor grilling! That would ruin the holiday entirely. I don't think you really grasp what Memorial Day is all about...
Re:Faster anything is good. (Score:3, Funny)
I remember thinking that there might be something wrong with the dial-up connection the night before the first big project was due, so going into the lab at 2am. The dial-up was not the problem, as it turned out. It was the fact that I wasn't alone in waiting until the last minute to test my code. There were 500 students on that brand new DEC 5400, all writing recursive, interpreted code, and apparently doing so badly enough that such difficult tasks as accepting a username and password were beyond the abilities of the server.
Re:His example blog is already Slashdotted... (Score:3, Funny)
I guess he's not talking with a lisp after all, then, he's just lying through clenched teeth.
Re:Disgusting (Score:1, Funny)
Faster than Ruby on Rails? Inconceivable!
Error Message (Score:2, Funny)
It has one and only one error message: "Missing Parenthesis" ;-)
Re:"functional programming languages can beat C" (Score:2, Funny)
Cheater. C can beat all /real/ programming languages.