At 01:14 11.07.2001 -0800, Michael Fowler wrote:
>On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 10:28:46AM +0200, Aaron Craig wrote:
> > You may be confusing your terms here. CGI (Common Gateway Interface) is a
> > general term that is used to describe the various methods used to
> > communicate between a host computer and a client through a network. There
> > are many languages that can be used to handle this communication, such as
> > Perl and even C++ (does anyone do that anymore?). However, if you're
> > talking internet, you're talking CGI, no matter what you use to run your
> > communication.
>
>Yow, you're confusing your terms. CGI is not a general term to describe
>internet communications, it's a very specific protocol between a web server
>and an application, an application executed by the web server for handling a
>request.
"very specific protocol between a web server and an application" ie
internet communications
Sorry, I forgot to check my Internet Nitpickers Dictionary before posting. :)
Aaron Craig
Programming
iSoftitler.com
