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Many people wonder and ask "How much of a performance improvement does mod_perl give?". Well, it all depends on what you're doing with mod_perl and possibly who you ask. Our friends at Sun Microsystems saw a 400% improvement over CGI. However, these tests were done with a _very_ small script where perl start-up time was not a factor. How much of a difference can this make? It all depends, Andreas boasts a %2000 improvement over CGI!. The best way to measure is to try it and see for yourself!

We've collected some stories about modperl use around, some of them tells about large performance improvements.

When mod_perl was first getting on it's feet, a Netscape publication called Off the Net had a few nice words to say.

In Volume 1, Issue 4 of The Perl Journal, yours truly says a few words about the marriage of Apache and Perl.

The kind folks who bring us Apache Week talk about mod_perl from time to time.

HotWired uses modperl in the Web Database Crash Course.

c|net mentions how Stronghold can take advantage of third-party modules such as mod_perl.

DREAMS Factory WebNews writes about `Apache Ejecuta Perl'.

May 12, 1997 - Information Week mentions the Apache/Perl integration project.

September, 1997 - WebTechniques, Improving CGI Performance, by Lincoln Stein

September 8, 1997 - mod_perl is mentioned in the O'Reilly post Perl Conference press release

November, 1997 - DBMS, Connecting Sybase to the Web, by Brian Jepson

March, 1998 - BYTE, Perl and Apache, by Jon Udell

April, 1998 - The Perl Journal (Volume 3, Issue 1), Stately Scripting with mod_perl, by Lincoln Stein and Doug MacEachern

May, 1998 - c|net, Perl does Windows: Running Perl faster, by Mariva Aviram

July, 1998 - The Linux Journal, At the Forge: Combining Apache and Perl, by Reuven M. Lerner

August, 1998 - The Linux Journal, At the Forge: Speeding Up Database Access With mod_perl, by Reuven M. Lerner

September, 1998 - Linux Magazin [GERMAN!], Bis in den roten Bereich - Examples on performance test scripts to see the modperl benefits

Into to mod_perl - yet another WebMonkey article

mod_perl is mentioned in a few books too:

Know of any other interesting mod_perl tidbits? Please let me know!

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