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Re: OT: Swordfish, MP and threads

To: REALbasic NUG <realbasic-nug at lists dot realsoftware dot com>
Subject: Re: OT: Swordfish, MP and threads
From: Andrew Schox <schox at swiftdsl dot com dot au>
Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2004 10:38:23 +0800
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Kevin,
 
> I am just trying to determine how Swordfish
> would stack up to java for large scale web
> apps run on multiprocesor systems.  Hundreds
> of users, gigabytes of data; that sort of thing.
> As I understand it, the current RB is not multi-
> processor aware. I have also read the
> networking is not as speedy as java.

For something really big and mission critical, have you considered
WebObjects? It's scalable and does automatic load balancing, so you can just
keep on adding XServes to your rack when things get busy.

As you say, Swordfish is an unknown at present.

Cheers,

Andrew


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