Have you looked at these MVC perl frameworks and alternatives to CGI? They 
definitely go beyond a simple print.

mojolicious
http://mojolicio.us/

dancer
http://perldancer.org/

Catalyst
http://www.catalystframework.org/

Web.pm
https://github.com/masak/web

psgi
http://plackperl.org/

mod_parrot/mod_perl6
http://parrot.org/mod_parrot

-Juan

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On Dec 15, 2011, at 5:33 PM, "Rob Dixon" <rob.di...@gmx.com> wrote:

> Decades of programming in many languages have convinced me that Perl
> excels in every aspect. But I have to agree with Rajeev that Perl 6 has
> become a theory and needs evidence of practical application.
> 
> In my mind there is no doubt of the benefits in Perl, but what place
> does it have? And what are its competitors?
> 
> As CGI, Perl falls behind PHP by having to 'print' the entire HTML page.
> 
> So what is its place?
> 
> Rob
> 
> On 15/12/2011 21:53, Rajeev Prasad wrote:
>> Shlomi,
>> 
>> all of you said is correct, but some may get a negative impression. 
>> it shows as if perl5 and perl 6 are two very different. perl5 is dead
>> end (coz perl 6 is not like 5), perl6 which is in making for so long
>> is still not ready.
>> 
>> for a new person, this could mean less confidence in perl and more
>> interest towards php etc...
>> 
>> ty.
>> Rajeev
>> 
>>  From: Shlomi Fish<shlo...@shlomifish.org>
>> 
>>> How quickly Perl 6 knowledge can be put to good use probably 
>>> depends on where you work. I don't think there are many businesses
>>> where they are looking to convert their Perl 5 code to Perl 6 in
>>> the immediate future.
> 
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