/me thinks we should now stop this discussion as we have now covered this
whole topic at least 3 times
refer to my previous posts.
As always kevin (not an attack at you), your right, but enough is enough
with defining cgi in this thread :)
Pierre
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Meltzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Pierre Smolarek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Kipp, James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 2:55 PM
Subject: Re: Is there an alternative to CGI ???
> I'd like to clarify that CGI is Common Gateway Interface. It is not a
> language. You can write CGI with PHP, ASP, Perl, Python, shell, C,
> etc... So, no matter what you use to create dynamic pages, it is still
> CGI.
>
> mod_perl is a good suggestion, since you will have perl available to
> you in Apache, as opposed to spawning another process. However, the
> original post seemed concerned about memory, and a mod_perl enabled
> Apache uses more memory (size vs. speed tradeoff).
>
> Some good benchmarks can be seen http://www.chamas.com/bench/index.html
> concerning speed.
>
> Anyways, use whichever server/language suits your needs best.. but
> remember, Perl is not CGI, CGI is not Perl, you can use various
> languages as CGI.
>
> Cheers,
> Kevin
>
> On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 02:08:21PM +0100, Pierre Smolarek
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spew-ed forth:
> > /me introduces you to mod_perl and Apache::ASP
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Kipp, James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 2:03 PM
> > Subject: RE: Is there an alternative to CGI ???
> >
> >
> > > Well there is ASP and PHP and cold fusion.
> > > PHP is becoming quite popular
> > > you might want to check into fastCGI, check the apache web site for
that
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: George S Pereira [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 6:15 AM
> > > > To: Michael Fowler
> > > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > Subject: Re: Is there an alternative to CGI ???
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Michael,
> > > > My aim is to create a website using Perl for
> > > > dynamically creating
> > > > the webpages. But I don't want to use CGI, because I read
> > > > that since CGI
> > > > create a seperate connection for every user, it thereby uses
> > > > more memory,
> > > > than say an ASP application.
> > > >
> > > > I don't mind using CGI, but if there are other options
> > > > available,
> > > > then I want to look thru them also.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > George Savio Pereira
> > > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > > > Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, 11 Jul 2001, Michael Fowler wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 01:52:58PM +0530, George S Pereira wrote:
> > > > > > Using CGI as a bridge between Perl and the Internet has some
> > > > > > disadvantages, prominent is the increased use of memory.
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm not sure how you can say one of CGI's disadvantages is
> > > > increased use of
> > > > > memory when you aren't comparing it to anything.
> > > > >
> > > > > Also, let's be very clear; CGI is not a bridge between Perl and
the
> > > > > Internet, it's a protocol between a web server and an
> > > > application. There
> > > > > are many things wrong with saying it's a "bridge between
> > > > Perl and the
> > > > > Internet", not the least of which is the fact that CGI is
> > > > used only in one
> > > > > domain, the web. Granted, this is a fairly visible domain,
> > > > but it is not
> > > > > the whole of the internet.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > Is there another alternative for connecting Perl with
> > > > the Internet
> > > > > > other than CGI ???? (Like maybe using Perl with ASP!!!)
> > > > >
> > > > > There are other ways of dynamically generating web content
> > > > with Perl. With
> > > > > the Apache web server the primary (possibly only, I can't
> > > > think of any
> > > > > others) alternative is mod_perl. With mod_perl you setup
> > > > hooks inside the
> > > > > web server for authenticating users, generating content,
> > > > and various other
> > > > > things.
> > > > >
> > > > > This is all very generic and academic, though. What is
> > > > your overall goal?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Michael
> > > > > --
> > > > > Administrator www.shoebox.net
> > > > > Programmer, System Administrator www.gallanttech.com
> > > > > --
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
>
> --
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