thankyou mam :-), That brings up another question I have been meaning to ask,,,
mod_perl, I have it runing, how do I use it ??? I have lots of scripts in my cgi-bin, what do I have to do to get the full advantage of mod_perl?? I know there is a perl directory in /var/www do I put my scripts in that?? if so, how to I access them in relation to the cgi-bin? I have some rather large shopping cart scripts in there that I would like to get running as fast as possible... anything helps, this one in particular is about 15000 lines of code all up including libs, so it can have small periods of lag while running... luckily thats not that noticable due to the nature of the web, which makes downlaoding and rendering the html cover that lag nicely... but still I would like to speed it up where I may, (one thing I am doing is converting the delimeted txt files into a mysql database, but anything else I can do to make this thing faster would be nice... can anyone give me a small simple explanation that doesnt involve RTFM ?? I have given it a cursory glance but I'd like to know if its worth my studying in detail, I have my head in alot of different pies right now and have to be choosy about that which I chose to ram my consciousness into.... :-) rgds Frank -----Original Message----- From: Patricia Ballad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, 3 October 2001 2:03 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [expert] programmin n stuff.. <snipped> The Java in a nutshell is a more down and dirty Java book, I have only dabbled in Java so I am concentraiting on C++ as I imagine that completing my java knowledge will be easier with C++ down pat.. (not that anyone ever stops learning a programming language..) This is an accurate assumption, as Java's syntax is loosely based on C++. As is Perl's for that matter....I would also recommend getting more of a C++ reference book that can fill in the gaps left by the 24 hr. book. <snipped> I still have perl, which is my first love.. if I knew a way to make perl binaries I would probably stick with that.. One question I always had is this: Perl is an inturpreted language, and its compiled by the inturpreter at run time... Why can perl not be precompiled to give it a speed improvement over running as scritps... that would give it the best of both worlds, run it interpreted while in developement, then when you got it right, compile it... i always wondered why that is not done..... would not the speed improvment in this bring it closer in performance to C++ ??? I know it would probably never be able to be as fast, but surely alot faster then it is now.. for example, a perl cgi script that was precompiled would be heaps faster then the scripts I am using now, (which are not slow by cgi standards, but still not lightning fast... I believe this is how Apache's mod_perl works - precompiles the perl into bytecode which can then be interpreted at runtime much faster than interpreting the actual Perl code. This is also how the Java Virtual Machine works, allowing it to run on any platform w/ a VM. <snipped> Good luck with C++ and try not to get too frustrated. It tends to be a much stricter language than Perl, but it allows you the power to do some things that are just painful in Perl. Tricia -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Guy McArthur Sent: Wednesday, 3 October 2001 1:11 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: [expert] There are some good free resources for learning java on the web: Thinking In Java, in Html, Word and PDF: http://www.mindview.net/Books/TIJ/ The Java Tutorial http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/ If you're coming from C/C++ I'd recommend getting "Java In A Nutshell" by David Flanagan, otherwise Just Java 2 by Peter Van der Linden. -- Guy McArthur * email{[EMAIL PROTECTED]} http{guymcarthur.com}
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