CGI.pm is a big module. It does a lot. It is part of the standard distro. It is well tested. It is well documented. It will do more than you want. Does this make it

>>> bloated? <<<

Perhaps technically yes but in that case all modules/libraries are bloated. Does it only load the code that you use via a custom implementation of self loader - more or less yes. Will you see any practical speed benefit using anything else - probably not.

CGI.pm don't leave home without it.

cheers

PS some of the other offerings on CPAN are good. Some are not. Last time I bothered to mention this to one of the authors of a rather bad module I did not get a reply. In contrast Lincoln Stein, who mostly wrote CGI.pm, will likely reply within hours if you have a CGI.pm problem. Admittedly he is likely to explain that the module is fine and it is your code that sucks but that is because CGI.pm is so well tested ;-)

tachyon

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In reply to Re: *.pm vs. *::Simple by tachyon
in thread *.pm vs. *::Simple by Zecho

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