1) CGI can mean many things, but first and foremost it's an API. It specifies how a web server can pass data to arbitrary programs. There can be no programs "written in CGI", but programs can use some CGI functionality.

2) not applicable. (and there is no PERL, just Perl (the language) and perl (the compiler)).

3) See answer in 1). Don't you think that other websites (like Wikipedia) have already answered this question?

4) A program can be both a "perl program" (ie written in Perl) and a "CGI program" (a program using the CGI API).

5) I don't understand that question. Are you referring to modules that help you writing CGI programs? If yes, there's CGI.pm, CGI::Minimal and other that can be found on CPAN.

Perl 6 - links to (nearly) everything that is Perl 6.

In reply to Re: CGI program by moritz
in thread CGI program by manishrathi

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