Re^6: How a web server sending data to a CGI perl script ?

[exilepanda]

Thanks and I am still reading.... I can feel something and it's insightful indeed. Would be glad to hear more from your advise though :

1. Do you think rather send out the data to an external script, import the external code into the server and run it is a better approach (eg. require "script.pl") ?

2. Can you tell if when a web server claims it supports a certain language, it does have to implement something ( not just command line ) to prepare the environment ( meta ) variables for that particular language ?

[Anonymous Monk]

1. Do you think rather send out the data to an external script, import the external code into the server and run it is a better approach (eg. require "script.pl") ?

Sure its a better approach (hint CGI::Compile/ ), for perl, its called PSGI as implemented by Plack

2. Can you tell if when a web server claims it supports a certain language, it does have to implement something ( not just command line ) to prepare the environment ( meta ) variables for that particular language ?

What "web server" are claiming what kind of support?

Yeah, question is kinda vague, claimed support can be anything, from what mod_perl does (full control) to what to merely support for better-than-CGI like WSGI, PSGI, Rack, JSGI, SCGI...

[exilepanda]

Hmm... think that I got the starting point now. The interface of CGI::Compile looks good to me. Thanks again! and much appreciated for all your help! =)