[Info-vax] Apache + mod_php performance

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

On Thu, 26 Sep 2024 19:15:40 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:

> On 9/26/2024 4:40 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 26 Sep 2024 09:44:14 -0500, Craig A. Berry wrote:
>>>
>>> Whoever invented the term apparently thought fork() was the only
>>> way to create a subprocess.
>> 
>> It is the most natural way in this case, because it creates a complete
>> copy of the parent process, which is what you want.
>> 
>>> On VMS it will obviously use LIB$SPAWN or SYS$CREPRC.
>> 
>> Not only is that more expensive, it also requires additional setup to
>> recreate the effect of fork(2).
> 
> They have one big advantage over fork on VMS.
> 
> They exist!

Not enough to make up for the performance disadvantage, though ...