> I'm thinking about using PerlRun for some legacy scripts that don't
> use 'my' or use it in wrong places. But I hit one question that I'd
> like to know the answer for.
>
> PerlRun provides perl interperter that is built into Apache which
> saves time on starting new interpreter. Does it mean that it evals CGI
> script?
Yes.
> If it does then what happens when that script does fork? Does it
> create new instance of httpd since perl interpreter is built into
> httpd?
Yes. The httpd it creates is useless as the parent (web server, not
the real parent who forked it) doesn't know about it.
See:
http://perl.apache.org/guide/performance.html#Forking_or_Executing_subprocesse
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