Why mod_perl?

[Shane De Jager <sd...@intergage.co.uk>]

Hi

I am trying to speed up my CGI scripts on Apache Server 2. Can you tell me some reasons why u chose mod_perl instead of fastCGI?



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Re: Why mod_perl?

[Perrin Harkins <pe...@elem.com>]

On Fri, 2005-07-22 at 14:53 +0100, Shane De Jager wrote:
> I am trying to speed up my CGI scripts on Apache Server 2. Can you
> tell me some reasons why u chose mod_perl instead of fastCGI?

There are two main reasons to choose mod_perl, in my opinion:
- Access to Apache internals, giving you the same control you would have
when writing a C module for Apache.
- mod_perl is better maintained and documented, and more widely used.

If you don't need to do anything beyond speeding up your CGI scripts,
and you are able to get FastCGI working on your system fairly easily,
there's nothing really wrong with it.  You could also look at SpeedyCGI
if you are on a shared server.

- Perrin