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From: "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript
Subject: Re: 'pushing' vs direct array assignment ?
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 16:02:07 -0600
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Stefan said:

\> Something I've never understood about mod_deflate: why is there no way
> to cache deflated static files? If you have a large script that you want
> mod_deflate to compress before sending, it will do so for every single
> fresh request. Granted, gzipping a script file is not likely to make a
> major impact on a server, but it's still a waste of resources.
>
> Other HTTP servers do have a cache like that (for example, mod_compress
> in Lighttpd).
>
> It's not a deal breaker; I still use mod_deflate. I just dislike the
> needless waste of cycles when it would be so simple to add a cache
> (memory or disk based).


Hi Stefan:

    Because I have approx 67 different 'Big' files available to send out to 
clients, and they are based on data that is usually not changing 'much' over 
the course of a year, I have decided to save a copy of the pre-built  big 
files *when* they are first requested.

    Then, the next time I have a request for one of the 67 (or so) big 
files, I've already got it built, and I simply read it in and then pass it 
to Apache for transmission to the client.

    Also, if I have occasion over the course of the year to update the 'big' 
file, then I manually delete the saved file, and my cgi app notices the 
missing file, rebuilds a new one, saves it, then sends the newly updated 
file to the client.

    I save about 1/4 of a second doing this :)))

-Mel