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Yaws is a HTTP high perfomance 1.1 webserver particularly well suited for
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dynamic-content webapplications. Two separate modes of operations are
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supported:
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* Standalone mode where Yaws runs as a regular webserver daemon.
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This is the default mode.
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* Embedded mode where Yaws runs as an embedded webserver in another
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erlang application.
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Yaws is entirely written in Erlang furthermore it is a multithreaded webserver
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where one Erlang light weight process is used to handle each client.
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The main advantages of yaws compared to other Web technologies are performance
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and elegance. The performance comes from the underlying Erlang system and its
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ability to handle concurrent processes in an efficent way. Its elegance comes
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from Erlang as well. Web applications dont have to be written in ugly adhoc
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languages.
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