from the docs on the built in module, it seems to run inline with
nginx, so, any large or blocking operations would be a very bad idea.
they say that the module is highly experimental and that bugs are
likely, as well as nginx supposedly will "laugh at your code and hit
on your girlfriend". Basically, you shouldn't run a typical program
inside the module, maybe a small snippet of code, but nothing that
does very much. I think it's designed so you can easily write plugins
to modify nginx behaviour, rather than as a replacement for a cgi or
fastcgi situation.

On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Mark Aiken <maiken@niftybrick.com> wrote:
> Let me ask a more focused question, since we don't really need to use
> the nginx list to debate web languages.
>
>