Robin(wrhttpd) is a very simple and very fast web server, it's object for ajax and Web Application ,and of course it's cross-platform, now robin_e could run on windows/unix/linux.

in Robin ,you could write page-handler in pure "C" or use "C++" instead of php or python ,so you needn't install a virtual machine or "framework" or anything like that.

Robin has two versions:

Robin_e(embedded):

when you write a cross-platform application ,maybe you have to write a MFC version ,and a GTK version ,or maybe you will choose wxWidget ,but thay all are very complicated and if you want to support remote-control,well,May God bless you... now if using Robin ,you can create the UI using JS framework like Jquery UI or EXT or YUI,then your UI is cross-platform and easy to control ,and of course it supports remote-control natively.

some application ,like GMail(may be Gmail is writen in java or python ,here just consider this case),which only have one ui-page but require high-porfermance,in this condition ,c\c++ may be the best choice ,so ,if your application only have several or tens of ui-pages ,now consider write it in c\c++.

Writing page in c\c++ ? oh ,it's too complicated ,well in Robin ,you will find that you can handle the page-request very easily!

see more of the introduction ,please read wiki. http://code.google.com/p/wrhttpd/wiki/Robin_introduction