Is memcached really faster than MySQL on very simple query?

[Elliot F]

dormando wrote:
> We would get considerable latency benefits from having a *fast*
> asyncronous memcached client library that could be embedded directly
> into perlbal. Otherwise it's not that big a deal. In my current setup
> the backend is all PHP anyway...

Dormando, did you see the post to the memcached mailing list regarding
an async client for perlbal?

Specifically:

http://lists.danga.com/pipermail/memcached/2006-June/002410.html

Elliot