Perl CGI vs C CGI in mod_perl WebServer

Question

Im thinking in refactor my application migrating my Perl CGI to a C++ CGI.

I'm trying to improve performance, because we need more runtime speed procesing.

Taking into account that mod_perl compile once at startup the Perl CGI:

Is it possible getting better performance using a C/C++ CGI? (in this case over FastCGI)

It have sense?

clt60 · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-10 17:08:25Z

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If you want calculate the PI in your C/CGI script to several thousand places, probably yes, because of calculation speed of compiled probram is much faster.

But, If your C/CGI will output only "hello world" probably not. :)

Result: impossible to say without some benchmarks and indepth analysis what causes the slowness.

What you should do? Only IMHO :)

replace apache with nginx
replace your plain CGI with PGSI based perl apllication. (if you want refactor to C you can easier refactor to Plack/PSGI
use some small framework to get fast results
run the final Plack APP as standalone perl/web server behing the nginx reverse proxy
configure nginx to serve static files

done ;)

You can test Plack/PSGI solution in 5 min - using the Plack::Handler::CGI or with CGI::Emulate::PSGI

Again, all above is only IMHO, as you know - maybe your mileage is ... ;)

answered Aug 10, 2014 at 17:08

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clt60 Over a year ago

@moalaiskirulais while i'm happy with the accept, you should wait a bit longer, maybe someone other will give a better answer ;) :)

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