Matt,
All I'm looking for is the fastest way to print sticky form elements. I
already use HTML::Template for the page templating engine (and it works
very well!). I need to take a look at CGI v.3 beta to see if it answers
some of my concerns about memory usage.
Matt Sergeant wrote:
>
> On Fri, 19 May 2000, Doug MacEachern wrote:
>
> > personally, i like to have generic things written in c, things that won't
> > change much or at all after they are first implemented (not including bug
> > shaking). e.g. Apache::Request. both c and Perl are great languages and
> > blend very well together. both have pros and cons, i try to use the
> > right combo of both to balance these out. c is smaller. c is faster.
> > Perl is much easier to code than c, so i like to save it for things that
> > are difficult to code. generating html is not difficult. is it really
> > worth the time to implement this in c? i'm not convinced yet either, but
> > it is worth thinking about. we need to consider these things if we want
> > to see the Apache/Perl combo improve as a development platform.
> > think big picture.
>
> I would say that the bigger picture is definitely not generating HTML with
> functions - use templates or stylesheets.
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