Hi Ged,

> > Thanks for replying.  I hope you had a good time in my old country :-)
>
> You probably saw the reports on the news about roads being washed away
> by the rain in Sevilla.  I went on a motor-cycle.  Camping.

Mmm... Doesn't sound like the perfect vacation.  I'm glad you made it back
:-)

> > > If you're writing new code then I would recommend writing handlers and
> > > avoiding Apache::Registry altogether.
> >
> > Why do you recommend avoiding Apache::Registry?
>
> Apache::Registry is essentially just to get you going with mod_perl
> and your old CGI scripts.  See for example mod_perl_traps.pod which deals
> with some of the 'gotchas' that you can run into.  You can make better
> use of the Perl API using handlers.  (Of course you might not need to.:)
>
> > Is there a performance penalty for using it?
>
> Handlers can be faster, yes, but since you get such a big performance
> boost from mod_perl to begin with it's not usually serious.  Read the
> the Eagle Book, the mod_perl Guide and the mod_perl CookBook.  (That
> will take you most of the rest of the year...:)  The details are on
> the mod_perl home page.

Thanks for the pointers.  I've read the Eagle Book already, and I check the
Guide as needed, but I wasn't aware of the mod_perl CookBook.  I've checked
the table of contents on Amazon and ordered it.

Francisco

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