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 Sent from my iPad 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. > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org > For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org > http://learn.perl.org/ > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/