slow CGI with open socket

[andu]

LiangTyan Fui wrote:
> 
> OK list, here is a problem that I have no answer for the last 2 days.
> I am working on Linux based MetaCard CGI, everything went smoothly by far
> except when I was trying to use "open socket".
> When a "open socket" command is used, the script took unreadably longer time
> to exit, even without any problem. I've tried to run the script under Apache
> as CGI and directly from the shell, both yield the same result.

Same here. The socket actually takes a long time to close for some
reason.

> 
> You may cut the following script and save it as your .mt file in your server
> to tryout. Remember to modify the first line of the script to your real MC
> runtime engine.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> ------------ script start ---------
> #!/home/mc/mc
> 
> on startup
>   # any local http server will do, if you have one
>   put "www.yahoo.com:80" into thesock
> 
>   put the long ticks into startTicks
>   open socket thesock
>   close socket thesock
>   put the long ticks - startTicks into ticksTaken
> 
>   put "Content-Type: text/plain"& crlf & crlf
>   put "Ticks taken for this CGI to excute: "& ticksTaken
> end startup
> ------------ script end ---------
> 
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