Forgot your password? Perl Programming  Perl Domination in CGI
Programming? 432  Posted by Cliff from the challenging-the-king-
of-the-hill dept. at0m asks: "Perl seems to be the language that
most people use for CGI programming. But is there a good reason
for it? Sure, it's easier to use Perl than a lower level
language, but programs would be more efficient if C/C++ were
used. Programmers don't sacrifice this efficiency when
programming applications, so why is it the standard to use a
higher level language for CGI, when one wouldn't use one for
other programs? I've been using Perl for all my CGI projects,
but for my next one I'm contemplating using C++ to make it more
efficient. did I make the correct assumption?" Most CGI apps
prefer development speed over the complexity inherent in C/C++,
which is why Perl and other scripting languages are used. Your
thoughts?  Perl Domination in CGI Programming?  Comments Filter: