On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, quagly wrote:
>
> I am working my way through the eagle book. I have not used CGI.pm
> before. It is used in many (most?) of the examples.
>
> Is it worth learning to use it?
>
> I am not clear whether the authors are using it because the think it is
> the best way to go, or because they already know it ( or created it )and
> it is convenient.
>
> I have not done CGI programming before, but have some experience with
> java servlets. It there a compelling reason I should learn it ( other
> than that it would help me to understand the book? )
It's much simpler than you think -- Lincoln Stein is the one who wrote and
maintains CGI.pm :) (he is the co-author)
It's a very good module, but it's quite bloated. So if you need to process
forms and you are under mod_perl Apache::Request is the one to go with.
>
> Thanks,
> ~quagly
>
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