"Mark VanOrman" <mark / icsaccess.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> Hi all,
>
>  I'm about to embark on a large scale project. It's basically a rewrite
of a
> current application that processes e-commerce transactions. (sending cc
> info to bank platforms, creating records in db, handling reporting and
the
> like. Average load is about 50,000 transactions/day). The current
> application is written in PHP as a cgi script. Mod_php is installed on
> apache for speed. The main reason for the rewrite is the code clutter
and
> really bad design.
>
>  I'm supposed to write the application in JAVA, but willing to give Ruby
a
> chance, because of nicer syntax and other neat features. My main
concerns
> are
>
> 1- can Ruby handle such a mission critical applications as far as
> reliability and speed?

I think so although I haven't done anything in this category yet.  But it
really depends on the requirements.

> 2- Are there any benchmarks out there that compare PHP to Ruby?

Yes.  You should be able to find them via Google.

> 3- From your experiance, would you think it's better to develop an
> application like this as a cgi(people would post transes to apache) or
as a
> standalone server(post directly to ruby)?

I'd implement the business logic independent of the communication protocol
and container used.  Then you can do a test with CGI (or better FastCGI,
ModRuby or such) and Webrick as alternative.

> 4- Anyone out there with a similar experiance?

Does this help?
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=de&lr=&selm=20031201213101.GC18957%40saber.xen.dk

Kind regards

    robert