Hi, I have a few aching questions to ask.. Maybe some of you can bright some light on 'em.. 1) How fast is zope running as ZServer.. (is it fairly fast).. If I use an external python method, and 'import' python modules (if it was previously called), will it reload? or am I confused as to how zope works. 2) Does zope support persistant MySQL connections *THIS IS A MUST!*. Zope, php, mod_perl have some kind of support for persistant SQL connections.. In other words, if a previous connection to a DB was opened and not closed, it re-uses it automatically. It does increase performance.. 3) Does zope use medusa? If not, WHY!?!?!?! (so far, I'd say that medusa is perfect for the operation.. but maybe I'm wrong.. clarify) 4) As per the pcgi CGI wrapper that runs under any other web server: Is there a speed indifference compared to having the ZServer taking care of the http requests.. (pretty obvious, but is it marginal).. 5) To be frank, I am not interested in DTML; rather, I am interested in the python implementation and the possibility of using it for mission critical python CGIs. I previously wanted to implement Python into Boa (a fast httpd, and using it strictly for serving out Python CGI's without the forking of a process). Is this for me? or perhaps maybe httpdapy or pyapache.. I'm looking for performance more than ANYTHING! Thanks! /* "There are two major products that came out of Berkeley: LSD and Unix. We don't believe that to be a coincidence. " -BSD fortunes Paul Mokbel */