Hi,

Reference: CGI or CGI::Fast (Thanks again for all the replies :)).

I've just begun to get a little hang of FastCGI via CGI::Fast. I wasn't used to persistence so the starting part was hard for me. I also found that my existing plain CGI code broke when I tried to convert some of it to run on FastCGI, as part of my exploration.

I've a little question at this toying stage and would like to seek your advice.

I'm wondering if it's better to have a FastCGI-aware main (dispatch) script that distributes the real work to modules, or have individual FastCGI-aware scripts that run independently?

Here's an outline of the two approaches:

Approach 1: Have a main script (e.g. main.fcgi) that distributes work 
+to modules

#!/usr/local/bin/perl -T

use Module1;
use Module2;
use Module3;
code to initialise variables

while (my $q = new CGI::Fast) {
    code to distribute job to Module1, Module2 or Module3
}

Approach 2: Three FastCGI-aware scripts named module1.fcgi (functional
+ly equivalent to Module1), module2.fcgi (functionally equivalent to M
+odule2) and module3.fcgi (functionally equivalent to Module3). Each o
+f these scripts have more or less the same structure:

#!/usr/local/bin/perl -T

code to initialise variables

while (my $q = new CGI::Fast) {
    code to run 
}

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Which of these is the better approach with respect to FastCGI?

Thanks for reading and I look forward to your replies!

In reply to Question on design for FastCGI by Anonymous Monk

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