> gavino wrote:

>> On Aug 19, 12:48 am, Bernd Paysan wrote:

>>> gavino wrote:

>>>> 10,000 YEAH BABY! but in its defense php was talking to db etc with
>>>> each apache child....this 10k would be static right?

>>> The 10k are static. So when you talk to a database, you have to count how
>>> much memory the db takes per client, and what percentage of time the web
>>> serves would be talking to the db. You probably could write the performance
>>> critical parts of the db as a small Forth program, to reduce that load.
>>> Also, the dynamic content part is yet not optimized to keep the connection
>>> alive, this costs more Gforth starts.

>

>>> --
>>> Bernd Paysan
>>> "If you want it done right, you have to do it yourself"http://www.jwdt.com/~paysan/

>

>> once I finish starting forth and thinking forth should I know enough
>> to read the code of your webserver.....or are there things I need to
>> learn elsewhere to do that?

>
> Starting Forth and Thinking Forth are both pretty dated. Some of the
> worst problems with SF are fixed in the version posted atwww.forth.com,
> but many anachronisms (especially assumptions about how implementations
> are structured) remain.
>
> My books (Forth Application Techniques and Forth Programmer's Handbook)
> both represent modern systems and usage, and also go into a lot more
> detail. There is also a new book at MPE's web site.
>
> But to really get a feel for things, it would help to read the simpler
> examples that come with any of the mainstream Forths, and then write
> some code on your own. Trying to dive in by reading code for something
> as complex as a web server (even a simple web server) is like trying to
> jump onto a moving train. Learn to walk before trying to run.
>
> Cheers,
> Elizabeth
>
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