Opcodes and Interpreters...

I'm wondering if there's a way to capture the opcodes that Perl uses to execute a program. Then, once those are captured, to run those opcodes without having to go through the entire compile step again. I'd sorta like to do this for a program that runs over and over on the same data set (it's a CGI program) and doesn't change.

Or, is there a better way of doing this? Please note that I cannot use mod_perl on this assignment.

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(MeowChow) Re: Opcodes and Interpreters... by MeowChow (Vicar) on Jul 24, 2001 at 20:39 UTC
CGI::SpeedyCGI is what you're looking for. It's a poor man's mod_perl, that doesn't require any Apache voodoo. MeowChow s aamecha.s a..a\u$&owag.print	[reply]
Re: (MeowChow) Re: Opcodes and Interpreters... by PrakashK (Pilgrim) on Jul 25, 2001 at 07:20 UTC
Another alternative is FastCGI. There's an apache module mod_fastcgi and perl modules FCGI and CGI::Fast.	[reply]
Re: Opcodes and Interpreters... by bikeNomad (Priest) on Jul 24, 2001 at 19:49 UTC
Apparently you can do this; look at B::Bytecode and B and B::byteload_fh which allows you to load bytecodes from a filehandle.	[reply]
Re: Opcodes and Interpreters... by princepawn (Parson) on Jul 24, 2001 at 20:29 UTC
I think you are thinking about this problem at too low a level and need to look at a CGI caching module such as (you guessed it!) CGI::Cache.	[reply]
(ichimunki) Re: Opcodes and Interpreters... by ichimunki (Priest) on Jul 24, 2001 at 19:26 UTC
Is this question the same as How can I compile my Perl program into byte code or C?	[reply]
Re: Opcodes and Interpreters... by John M. Dlugosz (Monsignor) on Jul 25, 2001 at 00:27 UTC
If I can offer yet another way to do it, check out Windows Scripting Components. Basically, make a Perl script into a COM server. It runs in its own process, and can have a life that is independant of its caller.	[reply]