in reply to Re^4: How to PRINT CGI html table to a PNG file
in thread How to PRINT CGI html table to a PNG file

> And using center() in HTML code?

You are seriously off-topic my friend. The OP used a center tag which is valid HTML 4.01 supported by all major browsers. I would of course use the absurdly more verbose CSS style="text-align:center;"!

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Re^6: How to PRINT CGI html table to a PNG file
by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Aug 23, 2018 at 16:52 UTC

    The topic is promoting old tech. This is valid Perl–

    print &CGI'header;

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    Suggesting you should use it will get you criticized. Defending the utility of older technology is one thing and it's fine and good in context and with caveats. Asserting, aggressively, asocially, it's as good as new technology, nay, better!, and should be chosen over it "because it still works" and ships on boxes that don't ship with npm, for a single example, does a huge disservice to the seekers of wisdom.

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      > The topic is promoting old tech.

      What are you talking about? Criticizing functional software merely for its age is patently absurd commercial propaganda designed to keep people buying upgrades to intentionally broken programs. Everyone on this node who is not answering the OP's simple question about CGI and the other thing is off-topic trolling and should be downvoted. Seriously, what if the author of Template::Toolbox (or his goons) chimed into every node about Template::Toolkit to inform everyone how old TT is that it should not be recommended or used anymore, not even for your own private reasons whatsoever, without giving any convincing reasons, or any reasons at all. What the heck?

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        TT2 should not be recommended without caveats either and it’s always had detractors for being a mini-language instead of a pure template engine. Even so, exactly like CGI, I adore and use it. I’ll repeat, it’s the awful, combative superior tone mixed with dead-end chops that got my dog in the fight, not the fact that CGI is useful.

        Recommending the steam engine over the internal combustion engine is what you’re defending. Claiming web technology was somehow better 25 years ago… The whole planned obsolescence thing … it reeks of paranoia. Ageism… Good lord… The perception of enemies and pejoratives and conspiracies where none exists… no es correcto, ése.

        Seeker: What can I do to advance my Perl career and be a Perl expert?

        Monks: Well, CGI is fine, but really you ought to try–

        You: No! Those crusty fools have been bought by Big Web. Learn things that absolutely no one is hiring for and won’t work at all soon. That’s the key to ensuring Perl remains vibrant and vital with a new crop of hackers prepared for the future!

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