[MacPerl-WebCGI] MacPerl CGI Problems?

[Hugh Bayer <hughb@vbe.com>]

Hello,

and a huge thanks to the folks who helped me with my initial immersion into
MacPerl.

All was well, until I encountered what seems to be a "buried in the archived
mailing lists" feature of MacPerl... this CGI problem.

My humble suggestion is that the MacPerl websites, documentation, and especially
the published (and paid for by me) books such as Power and Ease make it immediately
clear that MacPerl is not reliable with CGIs.

Right now my server is operating with a MacPerl version of a formmail program taken
from Unix. It works fine, sometimes for many days... until it locks up. I've
switched it to the .cgi suffix, even though the Power and Ease book tells me on
page 233:

Actually, you should always use the .acgi suffix for your CGIs, as there is really
no reason not to (unless you want to slow down the server :-)

I've also added the output buffer flushing line of code. Neither of those ideas
seems to prevent the CGI hanging up.

I'd really like to know what other mac web server folks are using to develop CGIs.
One gentleman suggested C++, and M. Neeracher was very kind to respond to my
similiar query with Frontier. But I've yet to hear from someone who is actually
elbow-deep in coding Mac CGIs. If you have some advice I'd really appreciate your
help.

Thanks for letting an aspiring but frustrated Mac web programmer vent!

Hugh


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