= FAQ =

== is Elnode fast enough? ==

Speed just isn't a concern of Elnode. Elnode is focussed on making it
easy to write asynchronous webapps with EmacsLisp. The focus is on
scalability, not speed.


== is Elnode scalable enough? ==

No. But this is mostly a function of Emacs' IO which uses {{{select}}}
for non-blocking calls and not other, more scalable non-blocking IO
librarys.

I hope at some point to contribute a better IO library to Emacs.


== Why does Elnode always use chunked encoding? ==

Because it's simpler. {{{elnode-http-start}}} can send the header
without knowing what sort of data you'll be sending.

I may provide a single start and return call in the future that can
send a buffer or a single string. Pre-buffered, one shot computed
stuff isn't really the point of async programming though.