Re: [MacPerl] CGI Free

[Bob Wilkinson <bw@pindar.co.uk>]

>http://www.cgi-free.com
>
>        CGI Free is an amazing site which lets you take advantage of CGI
>Scripts if you do not know how to create them or use them.  This will
>really spice up your web site!  I think that everyone on this mailing list
>should join this free service, and no one should critize it.
>
>        There are five scripts to use of CGI Free's server (user friendly)
>AT NO COST AT ALL.  Some of these scripts include:  Browser Redirection,
>Random Quotes, Menu Redirections, Random Image, FormMailer, and Random
>Link.  You are also able to download many CGI Scripts at no charge.
>
>	To set up a FREE account, just visit http://www.cgi-free.com and
>click on
>the JOIN section then the first like reading "Join the Free Service."
>
>                Thanks,
>                        CGI Free
>===--------========--------===
>A  d  a  m    S  i  e  g  e  l
>Owner And Producer of CGI Free
>    http://www.cgi-free.com
>---========--------========---

I quote from the intro.htm at this site. The first line of text says.

"CGI is a UNIX programming language used on the web."

No, No, No. CGI is a standard for interface - CGI is not a programming
language.
Programs which use CGI can be written in any language (C, Basic, Fortran, etc).
Programs which use CGI can run under MacOS, Windows, VMS as well as Unix.

Please send me $20 to pay for the cost of my time for reading this nonsense.

Bob

P.S. If "CGI is a UNIX programming language used on the web" then why was this
distributed through the MacPerl mailing list? MacPerl as it's name implies runs
on Macs (not Unix). This question is aimed at the poster of the message,
not the
custodian of the mailing list.


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          Bob Wilkinson, Perl Programmer, Pindar plc
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