[MacPerl] MacPerl CGI on Q700 is slow

[Richard Freytag <freytag@freytag.org>]

I am running a CGI bin script in MacPerl 5.1.3r2 on
a Quadra 700 w/ 20Mb of RAM using Netpresenz 4.1 & MacOS 7.5.5.
The script uses CGI.pm and DateManip.pm.  The files
I open and read/write are small, for now, (like 5 lines), 
I close them immediately after accessing them.  I have
had to allocate a HUGE portion of RAM to Netpresenz
and to MacPerl some more too just to avoid crashes
for a while.  But not only does the script take a 
minute or two to return from being accessed by a 
browser but eventually it gives a "404: CGI Failure." 
Sooner these days.  I'm not building giant structures,
rather these issues came up with the use of CGI.pm,
which I, frankly, will not dispense with.  

All forms in this CGI bin script are being built using
the programmatic HTML generating methods in CGI.pm.  

Reality check please.  Is a Q700 just not enough machine
for this, pretty simple, task.  Must I upgrade, or have I
missed something cheaper that could save me the hassle of
upgrading.  

Frenkly I'll go Linux rather than upgrade into the Mac h/w
muddle we have now (thanks Steve J.).  

Thank you for your advice and help.  

Cheers,
Richard Freytag

mailto:freytag@freytag.org



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