Unless your application is specifically written to work under CGI as well as mod_perl, it will not work to use CGI. It would also be much slower, as you say.

Their stance is not unusual for shared hosting providers. To use the best, fastest setups for Perl, PHP, Ruby, etc. you really need a machine that you control, with root access. The cheapest way to do that these days is usually a virtual server, which can be quite inexpensive.

If you don't want to deal with your own server, you can ask them if they support FastCGI. The application will probably require modification to run under it though if it has only been written for mod_perl.

In reply to Re: prevelance of mod_perl by perrin
in thread prevelance of mod_perl by patll

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