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Why HN was slow and how Rtm fixed it

(ycombinator.com)
257 points pg | 4 comments | 19 Jan 11 18:41 UTC | HN request time: 0.725s | source
1. dauphin ◴[19 Jan 11 19:45 UTC] No.2120970[source]▶
Lisp is definitely not a slow language: you can handle the crazy rate of 20 requests/second on a multi-core server!
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2. btilly ◴[19 Jan 11 20:07 UTC] No.2121054[source]▶
They are only using one core. See http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2116987 for verification.
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3. dauphin ◴[19 Jan 11 20:59 UTC] No.2121257[source]▶
Ooops, yes, you are right, sorry. Then I guess it's a pretty decent rate for a Core2 duo.
4. mahmud ◴[20 Jan 11 02:58 UTC] No.2122423[source]▶
If you choose to. We pushed north of 800 r/s in production, and just shy of 4k in our LAN, that's using stock hunchentoot with just mere customization.

This guy here broke the 10k barrier:

http://john.freml.in/teepeedee2-c10k

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