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New to perl CGI scripts
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I've made CGI scripts in C++ before, and understand the basics of how they work.
I would now like to try my hand at making some perl CGI scripts. What do I need to do? Do I have to "compile" the perl script into a CGI? My web site hosting company says that they don't support perl scripts, but they do allow you to use scripts that are converted to exe's via a "perl2exe" program.
Basically, with that in mind, I want to know what I have to do to get started. Thanks!
I've made CGI scripts in C++ before, and understand the basics of how they work.
I would now like to try my hand at making some perl CGI scripts. What do I need to do? Do I have to "compile" the perl script into a CGI? My web site hosting company says that they don't support perl scripts, but they do allow you to use scripts that are converted to exe's via a "perl2exe" program.
Basically, with that in mind, I want to know what I have to do to get started. Thanks!
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Hmm, before I go an install all this stuff and let it invade the system, how big are the exe's generated by the perl2exe program? Are they that big? If so, perhaps I'll stick with C++ because those exes are usually only about 20kb.
oh yeah...excatly my point too..I didn't mention because I didn't know how big C++ was making them...
since perl2exe actually writes all the code from the used modules into the exe, the files are quite large.
usually at least 600kb
Bob
since perl2exe actually writes all the code from the used modules into the exe, the files are quite large.
usually at least 600kb
Bob
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Hmm, perhaps since my web hosting company doesn't support perl scripts in the non-exe format, I won't bother with perl. Thanks for your input!
I guess the advantage to using perl is you should be able to whip out cgi's a lot faster :)