Your eminence, I seek your divine guidance;


Q: Why would one need Perl and mod_Perl, as it says here, to work on Apache? What extras do I get with mod_perl? Would Perl+CGi be just as good or better?

Q: How different is mod_perl form ActiveStates Perl 5.8.4 running under WinXP? Will I need to learn mod_perl? Can I just get away with the Perl version that I am currently using?

Q: In this tutorial, it further introduces PHP here– yet another scripting language! Can I ask why? Specifically, what is it required for that Perl and/or mod_perl can’t do?

Q- If I am going to have all the above then I don't undertand why do I still need Mason? , where does it fit into all this?



Sleepless and confused

Blackadder

In reply to Perl vs mod_perl and PHP in Apache+MySql setup on WinXP by blackadder

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