I use both Tcl/Tk and Perl, depending on what I am working on. The Tk part is usable from Perl anyway, with Tcl::Tk. The Tcl language part is easy, possibly easier even than Perl. The biggest complexity, as with many things, is learning the library framework you are using it in, i.e., the CPAN vs OACS frameworks.

If your module can work outside of OACS, even if it uses the same database as OACS, you may wish to investigate using both AOLserver/OACS and Apache/mod_perl together, even on the same server. The Apache/mod_perl could be the primary web server, listening on port 80, and it could use mod_proxy to pass OACS requests to AOLserver. There was also a mod_aolserver if you want to try getting OACS to run under Apache, though I do not know what the state of the module is.

In reply to Re: Perl vets on OpenACS? by TimButterfield
in thread Perl vets on OpenACS? by ryantate

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