Re: [OT] Better Linux server platform: Redhat or SuSe?

2002-07-08 Thread Owen Scott Medd
On Mon, 8 Jul 2002, Ganesan M wrote: Schoolmaster.net, 167,000 lines of Perl code, another 30,000 lines of C. Rich. How do you run 'C' code from Apache/mod_perl? Using the perl XS interface usually... that's how we access our text analysis routines which are in C. Owen -- USMail:

Re: [OT] Better Linux server platform: Redhat or SuSe?

2002-07-05 Thread Owen Scott Medd
I think the point is that you have complete non-trivial applications being written in Perl. Success is measured in application adoption, not in elegance. I've worked many places that produced very elegant code, however all of those places no longer exist. You need more than cool code to

Re: [OT] Better Linux server platform: Redhat or SuSe?

2002-07-03 Thread Owen Scott Medd
lol... We're running a little over 175000 lines of (mod)perl code, currently running on a mix of RedHat 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 and Advanced Server. Next? On Wed, 2002-07-03 at 09:41, Peter Haworth wrote: On Wed, 3 Jul 2002 11:40:44 +0100, Jean-Michel Hiver wrote: perl: Any iussues with perl/modperl?

Re: [OT] Better Linux server platform: Redhat or SuSe?

2002-07-03 Thread Owen Scott Medd
that helps to separate the HTML codes from the modules. Having HTML in perl programs makes a big difference. Peter Bi - Original Message - From: Owen Scott Medd [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Peter Haworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Jean-Michel Hiver [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Gerd Knops [EMAIL PROTECTED