Re: [MacPerl] MacPerl and Hosts

[Bill Jones <bill@fccj.org>]

>> My question, then, is whether any of you more
>> experienced users have a particular favorite hosting
>> company (or even a list of favorite hosting companies
>> who (1) uses Macs to serve pages and (2) allows
>> customers to use Perl scripts that they write.
> 
> Well, at the risk of being a traitor, I'm going to suggest that the
> MacOS is a workstation OS, not a server OS.  If it were me, I would
> pick an ISP (hosting company) who uses Unix and allows you to install
> perl CGIs, develop my CGIs using MacPerl on a Mac, and then upload
> them to the Unix server.  In general, a MacPerl CGI will run without
> changes on a Unix server.


[Posted with the prior knowledge that I create & run MacPerl scripts -
on a Mac even.  But mostly for Mac-to-Unix server perl development...]

That said -
I would not allow anyone else to run MacPerl on a Mac I own -
how would you enforce a security model?

MacOS is definitely a single admin/user system;
primarily a client of other servers.

Does anyone here host a MacOS X server that they would allow people
(end users) sight unseen to install and run Perl scripts?

Just curious.  Thx!  -Sneex-  :]
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