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Tomcat 6 has some neat new features. The one feature I am eyeballing the most is it's advanced IO features like the Comet Servlet Interface. In an upcoming article I'll be explaining the Comet Servlet Interface some more, Plus a neat proof of concept!

In order to get these advanced IO features, one has to enable APR listener support. APR is Apache's portable runtime that gives developers an API which behavior is consistent across many platforms. This runtime is the magic that makes the latest versions of Apache's httpd so darn portable. It's also needed for some advanced features in Tomcat!