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.
http://code.google.com/p/wrhttpd/
ASDL, Application Server Development Library, is a generic components library & framework for application server/services & software/program development on multi-platform. Project's intention is provide a highly efficient, reusable, easy-to-use components library & framework for rapid developing network application, or general software/program.
http://libasdl.sourceforge.net/#performance
http://www.xav.com/perl/site/lib/HTTP/Headers/Util.html
http://www.xav.com/perl/site/lib/HTTP/Headers/Util.html
http://github.com/ry/http-parser