This snippet as written may not have much practical use, but it illustrates some interesting concepts. You can add some quick and dirty dynamic aspects to what appears to be a normal web page. For one thing, this technique could be used to insert cookies into an otherwise static html file. A ScriptAlias could be used to make it look like it's being served from a directory other than cgi-bin. Other possibilities can be imagined too, particularly if you want to hide how your site works - kind of a security by obscurity layer.