Embedding Perl in HTML

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I saw this on a web site

<?perl 

These two rows set begining of perl script and ... 

?>
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Can perl/cgi codes REALLY be instered into .html pages and be executed like this??

Edited by Arunbear: Changed title from '<?perl', as per Monastery guidelines

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Re: Embedding Perl in HTML by Adrade (Pilgrim) on May 11, 2005 at 23:10 UTC
Check out Embperl. With this, yes... it's very possible! I don't think the syntax you cite is the Embperl one - perhaps another perl parser out there - I'm pretty sure there are a few. And those PHP folks still think they're such hot stuff. :-) Best, -Adam P.S. And also there's Mason - forgot about that one for a sec... :-)	[reply]
Re^2: Embedding Perl in HTML by Anonymous Monk on May 11, 2005 at 23:23 UTC
So this would only work on web servers that have these perl parsers installed? This is pretty neat, I may give it a go.. I've been doing SSI to include CGI scripts for far too long now!	[reply]
Re: Embedding Perl in HTML by perrin (Chancellor) on May 12, 2005 at 22:31 UTC
Maybe you'd like to read my article about this.	[reply]