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Re: RFC: Removing CGI.pm from the core distribution

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From:
Johan Vromans
Date:
May 26, 2013 19:22
Subject:
Re: RFC: Removing CGI.pm from the core distribution
Message ID:
m28v31r1h3.fsf@phoenix.squirrel.nl
Aristotle Pagaltzis <pagaltzis@gmx.de> writes:

> ... where did you get the idea to look into CGI in 2013?
> Not from any recent “web dev 101” intro.

True, my generation grew up with CGI. As a matter of fact, I co-authored
one of the very first books on using Perl on the web in 1995.

So apparently your main point against CGI.pm is that the ancient
knowledge of the CGI protocol is lost?

If I'd want a trivial web app that shows me yesterday's SinFest comic,
I'd use CGI.pm and 10-20 lines of Perl code. It would work on every web
host that has Perl. What would be your approach?

-- Johan
   Never too old to learn something new

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