G-WAN

G-WAN is a (108 KB) web server that is up to 38x faster than Apache.

G-WAN supports GET, HEAD, POST, PUT, DELETE and OPTIONS, conditional requests and directory listings. G-WAN is also provably safer (speed is a side-effect of good designs).

G-WAN is an application server (hence the other 50 KBs). Its C servlets (that you just 'edit play') are as fast as static contents (benchmark the 'hello.c' servlet sample against a Perl, PHP, Java or ASP.Net equivalent).

Why use C rather than a 'safer' language for G-WAN servlets?

1. Perl, PHP, Java, ASP.Net and G-WAN are written in C, for a reason.
2. If you already know C, how many languages do you need to learn?
3. C can be as safe as any other language (see the 'crash.c' servlet).

The best way to understand G-WAN's capabilities is to play with it!