Hi there,
On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 04:05:38PM +0530, Joel Divekar wrote:
> What is mod_perl ? I have Apache Server installed on my system. Please can
> anybody mail me windows installable and its tutorials and other docs directly.
Basically, mod_perl is a Perl interpretter embedded in Apache. It is very
useful for speeding up Perl CGI programs, but is not limited to that.
>From perl.apache.org:
"With mod_perl it is possible to write Apache modules entirely in Perl. In
addition, the persistent interpreter embedded in the server avoids the
overhead of starting an external interpreter and the penalty of Perl
start-up time."
...
"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."
See http://perl.apache.org/ for more information.
Be sure to check out the excellent guide by Stas Bekman at
http://perl.apache.org/guide/ if you are having any difficulties.
HTH,
Russell Matbouli
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