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From:
Eric Brine
Date:
May 25, 2013 04:43
Subject:
Re: RFC: Removing CGI.pm from the core distribution
Message ID:
CALJW-qF30Km4rjrYYYe-6MTOzJq0KoUASiYLYRw1boFnz0GTQQ@mail.gmail.com
On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 7:53 AM, Johan Vromans <jvromans@squirrel.nl> wrote:

> demerphq <demerphq@gmail.com> writes:
>
> >> It would not be easy to do on web hosting which does not has
> >> possibility of installing modules from CPAN. Also currently CGI.pm
> >> requires FCGI which requires compiler which frequently is not
> >> installed.
> >
> > Maybe the consequence of this would be that hosting services start
> > adopting a more progressive approach to this subject.
>
> That would have been so several years ago. I don't think it works like
> that nowadays.
>
>  Hosting provider: Here's your system. Good luck.
>  Client: Hey, I need perl!
>  Hosting provider: Perl's on the system.
>  Client: But I need to install modules to get my web application going.

 Hosting provider: Can't do. Please use php / ruby / ...  instead.
>

huh? It's not like you need special permissions to install modules!

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