Hello all, I'm new to perl and would like to know if the following is possible to accomplish using cgi. I have a c++ program that runs on unix, which is also where my site is hosted. This c++ program takes multiple input and outputs simple text. I want to be able to run this program on unix but the input and output will be via the browser. I imagine it will work something like this: a text field will be displayed on an html page. There, the user can hit a button. That request will be sent to the unix server where the c++ program will be started (using perl script perhaps) and the output will be sent to the client on that html text field. Then the user can contitue interacting with the program via the html page. Please note that the c++ does not finish after the first output. Is this possible with cgi? If not, how? I just need someone to point me in the right direction that's all.

thank you,
nikita ruziv

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