Yes there is a more compact version of CGI.pm. I have just finished a refactoring of CGI.pm to extract all the CGI related functionality and remove the HTML stuff. It is called CGI::Simple. It uses the CGI.pm interface so is plug and play compatible. The documentation is extensive. You can find a copy of it here

Note: This module is undergoing (reasonably extensive) alpha testing currently but will not be released onto CPAN until it appears bulletproof - this is to avoid merlyn shooting me :-)

tachyon

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