Developer Builds High-Performance HTTP/1.1 Server Using OxCaml Zero-Allocation Features

Anil Madhavapeddy announced the creation of 'httpz,' a new web server built entirely in OCaml using the OxCaml compiler extensions. This project targets near-zero garbage collection overhead for steady-state HTTP connections by exploiting unboxed types. Madhavapeddy expressed fatigue with Python maintenance, seeking the type safety and modularity OCaml offers for systems programming.