Hi Chris --

> Your comments were wholy negative regarding mod_perl and the 
> 'cadre' of 
> mod_perl zealots, so I was left to guess your motive.  I 
> guessed poorly.

I was not referring to a "'cadre' of mod_perl zealots".  I'm a mod_perl
zealot!  And I would like to imagine that I'm part of that particular
cadre.

I was referring to a cadre of zealots who insist on writing web-apps in
Apache handler-space.  Those guys are nuts.

IMHO, handler space is perfect for writing Apache API handlers -- IOW,
things which actually require direct access to the API.
(Authentication, Authorization, special content handlers, special
logging handlers, etc.)  

Web-apps don't need run in handler space to gain the benefits of
mod_perl (see Apache::Registry), and developing them there is a major
pain in the ass.  Besides the logistical difficulties (such as having to
restart the server constantly), there haven't been a lot of high-level
tools.  That is, until Apache::Request.

Apache::Request is attempting to be to mod_perl what CGI.pm has been to
web-apps.  Apache::Request is fast, but it is (thus far) incomplete.
Nonetheless, the speed advantage and its popularity is compelling enough
to discuss supporting it in CGI-Application.


TTYL,

-Jesse-


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  Jesse Erlbaum
  The Erlbaum Group
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