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This is Hydra, a modification of Boa, which supports multiple threads of |
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execution. Boa is a high performance web server for Unix-alike computers, |
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covered by the Gnu General Public License. This modification is based on |
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Boa version 0.94.13, and is currently of alpha quality. |
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Why Hydra? Well, Hydra is a many headed serpent in Greek Mythology, and |
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seemed to resemble fine a multi-threaded Boa. An interesting feature of |
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Hydra is that head, when cut off was replaced by two others. This was not |
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duplicated in Hydra's threads! |
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About Boa: |
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Boa was created in 1991 by Paul Phillips <paulp@go2net.com>. It is being |
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maintained and enhanced by Larry Doolittle <ldoolitt@boa.org> |
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and Jon Nelson <jnelson@boa.org>. |
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For more information (including installation instructions) examine |
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the file docs/boa.txt or docs/boa.dvi, point your web browser to docs/boa.html, |
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or visit the Boa homepage at |
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http://www.boa.org/ |
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