Well there is ASP and PHP and cold fusion.
PHP is becoming quite popular
you might want to check into fastCGI, check the apache web site for that
> -----Original Message-----
> From: George S Pereira [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 6:15 AM
> To: Michael Fowler
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Is there an alternative to CGI ???
>
>
>
> Michael,
> My aim is to create a website using Perl for
> dynamically creating
> the webpages. But I don't want to use CGI, because I read
> that since CGI
> create a seperate connection for every user, it thereby uses
> more memory,
> than say an ASP application.
>
> I don't mind using CGI, but if there are other options
> available,
> then I want to look thru them also.
>
>
> George Savio Pereira
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> On Wed, 11 Jul 2001, Michael Fowler wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 01:52:58PM +0530, George S Pereira wrote:
> > > Using CGI as a bridge between Perl and the Internet has some
> > > disadvantages, prominent is the increased use of memory.
> >
> > I'm not sure how you can say one of CGI's disadvantages is
> increased use of
> > memory when you aren't comparing it to anything.
> >
> > Also, let's be very clear; CGI is not a bridge between Perl and the
> > Internet, it's a protocol between a web server and an
> application. There
> > are many things wrong with saying it's a "bridge between
> Perl and the
> > Internet", not the least of which is the fact that CGI is
> used only in one
> > domain, the web. Granted, this is a fairly visible domain,
> but it is not
> > the whole of the internet.
> >
> >
> > > Is there another alternative for connecting Perl with
> the Internet
> > > other than CGI ???? (Like maybe using Perl with ASP!!!)
> >
> > There are other ways of dynamically generating web content
> with Perl. With
> > the Apache web server the primary (possibly only, I can't
> think of any
> > others) alternative is mod_perl. With mod_perl you setup
> hooks inside the
> > web server for authenticating users, generating content,
> and various other
> > things.
> >
> > This is all very generic and academic, though. What is
> your overall goal?
> >
> >
> > Michael
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> >
> >
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