Indeed. I think it's worth going a little deeper for those who perhaps aren't familiar with some of the underlying principles of the Web.
For starters, all the program does is receive requests (as text) over a TCP/IP connection. It replies over the same connection.
So writing a Web server in any language, on any OS is a trivial exercise. (Once you have the ability to read or write TCP/IP.
The program has to accept the input, calculate the output, and send the output.
If the input is just file names, then the program just reads the file and sends it. (Think static site).
The program may parse the file, and process it some more. It "interprets" code inside the file, executes it, and thus transforms the output. Think PHP.
In these cases a generic server fits the bill. Think Apache, IIS, nginx and so on.
The next level up are programs that are compiled. They generate the output on the fly, often with no, or little, disk interaction. This sort of program often uses a database, but might not. (An online Soduku game for example might do everything in memory.)
Again, any if the above can be built on any OS and written in any language with TCP support.
bruce511|2 years ago
For starters, all the program does is receive requests (as text) over a TCP/IP connection. It replies over the same connection.
So writing a Web server in any language, on any OS is a trivial exercise. (Once you have the ability to read or write TCP/IP.
The program has to accept the input, calculate the output, and send the output.
If the input is just file names, then the program just reads the file and sends it. (Think static site).
The program may parse the file, and process it some more. It "interprets" code inside the file, executes it, and thus transforms the output. Think PHP.
In these cases a generic server fits the bill. Think Apache, IIS, nginx and so on.
The next level up are programs that are compiled. They generate the output on the fly, often with no, or little, disk interaction. This sort of program often uses a database, but might not. (An online Soduku game for example might do everything in memory.)
Again, any if the above can be built on any OS and written in any language with TCP support.