Re: [MacPerl] WebStar Server Plug-ins??

[PVHP@lns62.lns.cornell.edu]

Eric Matthews writes 22-JUL-1996:

!On Mon, 22 Jul 1996, Richard Rathe wrote:
!
!> Apparently WebStar is about to replace CGI with so called "server
!> plug-ins," which are "better/faster/easier" than external CGI programs. How
!> will this affect all of us working in MacPerl? Thanks, RR
!
!WebStar Plug-ins are NOT replacing CGI.  This should not affect MacPerl.
!
!On the other hand, I would probably like to see MacPerl as an I/O plug-in 
!for WebStar to cut the interface limitations. There is talk that server 
!plug-ins could be come standard on Macs among the differennt brand 
!servers.  Who seconds?

I'll second it (FWIW). There is a server available for Unix that has a perl 
interpreter built in (a suitably modified Apache not the standard Apache). It 
allegedly entails a one to two order of magnitude speed up in cgi service 
(dependent heavily on the nature of the cgi script in question).

On the client side (a notable security hole in general see 
http://www-genome.wi.mit.edu/WWW/faqs/wwwsf7.html for more detail though) see:

  http://www.arc.ab.ca/vr/opengl/plugin.html

Which I believe is running on an SGI machine (If you have X-windows [e.g. 
eXodus] then see also:  http://www.arc.ab.ca/vr/opengl/examples/ <- this runs 
on the server and is no more a security hole than `xhost +` ).

Peter Prymmer
pvhp@lns62.lns.cornell.edu