Thank you, that was a thoughtful reply. If you can provide a pointer to more of this, that would be nice as it makes some sense and I'd like to read more.

I do agree that it's how you put your app together, as I can write OO in C despite the language not helping out, and I can write sessions/auth/persistence/etc with CGI. Sure, you need a few helpers along the way, but CPAN is there to help so it's not all that hard.

If the modern kits can be so much easier, I'd definitely like to have a pointer to some places that discuss and show that, if you have time. I've never found a good discussion on that; I guess I was searching for the wrong thing.

CGI certainly has some worn spots and it's own short-comings, but it works ... or at least I'm used to it. ;)

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