I used to use CGI.pm for everything, decades ago. I recently have a need to do some CGI hacking again and I'm surprised to see that it has become deprecated, and the "alternatives" page claims that the new/replacement packages are easier and better to use. I have a super-simple thing I'm trying to do and would appreciate recommendations on how to do it in the "modern" web world: I am going to build a remove procedure call CGI. That is, there'll be no web page to POST from and the result will go back in the most minimal HTML I can get away with. Basically, I'll be called via a canned

https://mysite/cgi-bin/rpc.pl?argstothecall

and it'll do nothing more than return the information desired. I don't even know what html functions are nor do I need anything fancy like templates. I need a feature-minimal module, not a fancy feature-rich one. Any help and advice appreciated. Thanks /bernie\

In reply to Recommendation: CGI for a remote procedure call by BernieC

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