What exactly does "put" do on Server?

[Tom Glod]

Following, I've wondered this, but never had enough motivation to test it.

On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 4:00 PM Richard Gaskin via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Normally, HTTP is used for request-reply patterns, where the server
> receives the request, does some processing to it, and then sends back
> the reply.
>
> In a faceless environment like Server, "put" goes to stdout, yes?  So
> when we say "put tData", then the contents of tData are handed back to
> Apache which then sends them along to the client.
>
> So what happens when I have a script that uses multiple "put" statements?
>
> Does LC Server buffer all "put" output together and send it as one
> string back to the client?
>
> If so, why do I see faster results if I collect data myself and use only
> one "put"?
>
> If not, how does it write a meaningful header, since the length can't be
> known in advance?
>
> What exactly is the Server engine doing with "put"?
>
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