Very quick XML-RPC
Prototyping a very fast (C++) XML-RPC server here. Just tested it by repeatedly calling a method from a Python script. 160 hits/second on an Athlon 1333 with the server using 17% CPU (the rest going to the Python script). That implies that it may reach almost 1000 hits/second!
... more like this: [ECS, XML-RPC]