Well, I was just reading this old thread again after
David Kuczek reminded
us about it.
FastCGI sounds like it would be a very cool tool to have in one's
AOLserver toolbox. But, I wonder about one thing - the tight
integration of the AOLserver API. Would FastCGI allow the all of the
ns_ API to work normally? I'm not sure, but presumably, AOLserver API
calls like
ns_conn
could be properly implemented by having Apache (or whatever the main
web sever is) pass the necessary information via environment variables
or something to the AOLserver FastCGI process?
In other words, are the FastCGI spec and implementations powerful
enough to allow the sort of tight API integration with the web server
that has always been AOLserver's hallmark? From a brief look at
www.fastcgi.com,
I think the answer might be yes, but I'm not really sure.
