Eduardo Grosclaude wrote: > > Hi, > Sorry if this is a FAQ, but I am really confused about how many different ways > to create Web apps are around these days, how Pure CGI compares to them all, > advantages/disadvantages, and the like. I have been led to think by some press > that perhaps CGI programming is not *serious* web app programming, not any > more... I presume You people on this list have to do with CGI on a regular > basis, but are we sort of a decadent species? Or? Where can I check up some > survey I can trust on this subject? Your opinion, if you'll mind? > Thank you in advance, hope this doesn't sound too off-topic
Eduardo, It sounds like you may be a little confused about "CGI" means. CGI programming is not just a kind of Perl programming-- it's an interface specification. Web applications that are written in C, Java and Python, are also frequently "CGI" applications. In the Perl world people talk about the difference between "CGI" and "mod_perl". >From perl.apache.org: "It's a common misunderstanding that mod_perl is just a CGI replacement for Perl scripts, this is only a small part implemented by the Apache::Registry module. Apache modules written in mod_perl can do just about anything that apache modules written in C can." To get started understanding what "CGI" is all about, you could read this introduction from the folks who developed CGI: http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/cgi/overview.html -mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Stosberg Principal Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Summersault, LLC 765-939-9301 ext 223 website development . . . . . http://www.summersault.com/ . . . . . . . --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
