When CGI's are referenced that are written in perl, the perl interpreter
is run. Under *nix the #!/usr/bin/perl line runs the interpreter
and the script that follows in then interpreted. So if you have an
executable C++ or VB program then this can be run using:-

    #!/path/to/executable/program
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It does not need an interpreter like perl because the program itself is
executable
Hope this helps