mod_perl is still alive and kicking and i myself use it all the time. I love mod_perl! Ask maverick sometime about the web framework that he is developing which uses mod_perl, Apache::DBI, Apache::Session, and HTML::Template. I personally think it kicks the dog doo out of Servlets/JSP, but it's disadvantage is that you have to be well versed to get it up and running (no pointy-clicky).

jeffa

L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L--
-R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR
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(the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)