On Wed, 24 Oct 2001, Etienne Marcotte wrote: > I read often about that mod_perl that makes perl run a lot faster and > etc. I tought until now that it was "by default" mod_perl when it's > with the apache distribution, but Brett stated: "and CGI::Carp has > some problems when run under mod_perl"
No, mod_perl is not necessarily a part of Apache. I think some RPM/Debian packages are available for mod_perl, but it is an add-on to Apache. It basically embeds a Perl interpreter into the Apache server space, so scripts that have been compiled stay compiled, and provides for persistent database connections, session management, etc. It does provide much better performance (at the price of resource usage) than native CGI. > Does that mean a script has to be build for mod_perl and/or mod_perl > needs to be "called" in each script? Or mod_perl is not something I > should worry about and if it's with my Apache it means it's using > it...:-) mod_perl does require you to use clean programming practices -- it won't let you get away with sloppy code, improper use of global variables, etc., and it does provide an API to Apache itself, which rocks, but is not something for beginers. See http://perl/apache.org for more information, if you are interested. -- Brett http://www.chapelperilous.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "If Jesus came back today, and saw what was going on in his name, he'd never stop throwing up." -- Max Von Sydow's character in "Hannah and Her Sisters" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
