in reply to unbuffer output

Is it the server that is buffering, or the client? It could be the 'charset' in the 'Content-type' line ( in $cgi->header(-charset => $charset) ).

See the thread Autoflush and web browsers (was: Clever autoflush detail) and my response at Re: Clever autoflush detail.

--shmem

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