I'm really not looking for a fight over CGI.pm, I just wanted to hear what other people had to say about it. I also use the module quite extensively when I have to write any scripts for the web, but my point is that I hardly use it for anything but obtaining parameters from html forms.

As well, I was not making the claim that the LWP modules should be used instead of CGI.pm, but the name just sprung to mind when I was thinking of another web-related module to chant rhythmically to myself.

My gripe, then, if I have to have one, is whether there is a need for so much baggage and repetition among modules? It seems that a lot of CGI.pm has fallen by the wayside as newer and more task-specific modules have been developed, so why hold on to all the bloat?

matt

In reply to Re: Re: CGI made me bloated by mattg
in thread CGI made me bloated by mattg

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