I haven't looked at the source at CGI.pm

I can tell just by the way you talk about CGI.pm.

And by using it, I was able to eliminate my use of four other modules

Using CGI.pm and mod_perl version 1 module Apache is required in CGI.pm. Using CGI.pm and mod_perl version 2 modules Apache2::Response, Apache2::RequestRec, Apache2::RequestUtil, Apache2::RequestIO, APR::Pool are required in CGI.pm.

I would say CGI.pm is bloated because of the massive amount of redundant coding and the fact that the file size is about 262,144 bytes give or take a few bytes. Perl still has to open and read that file. Others will see the size of the module as a lack of optimization or re-factoring. In both of those cases it proves to me its a bloated code if your not going to use the hole module.

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