[Info-vax] Apache + mod_php performance

[Simon Clubley]

On 2024-09-26, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
> On 9/26/2024 9:26 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>> On Thu, 26 Sep 2024 21:20:38 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>> A very quick search make me think that the mailbox is only used for
>>> control not for data.
>> 
>> Could still be a bottleneck, though.
>
> If it is only used for the parent to signal the child to terminate?
>
>>                                      That and the need for all the ASTs.
>
> Why should AST's be a problem?
>
> The "call this function when task is done" approach is
> a very common design today. DEC was ahead of time with
> that.
>
> And implementation wise then the AST's worked on VAX 700
> series 45 years ago. Todays systems are extremely much
> faster - maybe a factor 10000 faster.
>

Can you try this on an Alpha system (emulated or otherwise) and see
how the figures compare ?

Just wondering if this performance overhead is something that is x86-64
specific.

Simon.

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