On: Actix-web 1.0 – A small, pragmatic, and fast web f...

[staticassertion]

I don't think Iron is even supported anymore, but for one thing, last I checked, Iron was based on OS threads primarily whereas Actix has a (I believe) pluggable runtime, which supports async.

[shepmaster → staticassertion]

Iron had a long quiet period, but it does have updates recently (a commit 12 days ago, for example).

[staticassertion → shepmaster]

Oh neat, I wasn't aware. Thank you.

[_bxg1 → staticassertion]

Ah really? That's surprising, as Iron seemed to be the go-to for what it does. I guess that's just a symptom of a nascent ecosystem.

[GrayShade → _bxg1]

Iron has a rather baroque API and was pretty much unmaintained for a very long time.

[EugeneOZ → GrayShade]

and it still serve my servers pretty well, few years already.