I want to add here, that the original version of CF was implemented as a
CGI program. I was under the impression that the version for some of the
less widely used operating systems (Unix?) still operate that way. Is this
the case?
At 01:10 PM 02/27/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>I know what CGI is and I also know that they are inherently slower because
>the Web Server needs to spawn a new process each time the CGI is called
>whereas an ISAPI app (or app server like CF) does not require this.
>
>Regards,
>
>Howie
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Dylan Bromby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 10:03 AM
>Subject: RE: WDVL Poll
>
>
> > i don't know about FastCGI, but CGI is not a language in and of itself.
>it's
> > a standard (Common Gateway Interface) for talking to web server
>components,
> > etc. you can write CGI apps in PERL, C++, etc. so while i agree it might
> > take longer to write a CGI app in, say, C++ than CF, i don't know if
>you're
> > saying CGI applications are slow, because they're not necessarily.
> >
> > for a good overview by NCSA, see:
> >
> > http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/cgi/intro.html
> >
> > --dylan
> >
>
>
>
>
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