[MacPerl] Re: [A]CGI

[Richard Rathe <rrathe@dean.med.ufl.edu>]

On 5/5/98 Chris Nandor wrote:

>A MacPerl CGI script can be used as an ACGI if the server can handle it.
>Most servers require the script to be named ".acgi" for this to work.
>Apple's PWS treats all CGI scripts as ACGIs, I believe.
>
>Anyway, we on this list have come to believe (for the most part) that CGI
>is better than ACGI for MacPerl, too, because MacPerl currently does not
>handle concurrent executions, and in fact a CGI script can hang if it tries
>to execute while MacPerl is busy.

I'll add my vote. I had several "server time out" errors (and two sever
bombs!) yesterday with .acgi. We're running an online test so the hits come
in bunches. Today with .cgi no problems and no apparent performance hit.
I'm in the process of changing all my .acgi back to .cgi.

RR

__________________________________________________________________________
  Richard Rathe, MD                              rrathe@dean.med.ufl.edu
  University of Florida                      http://www.medinfo.ufl.edu/
 



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