modperl on Win32 is still happening

[Foo JH <jh...@extracktor.com>]

Looking at the (albeit small) stream of entries to the mailing list, I'm 
actually quite happy to notice that people are:
1. Still using modperl. Some newbie questions may suggest fresh blood...
2. Still using modperl on Win32 (despite the 'limitations'). Good news 
for Microsoft, but I personally believe it's a gentle step for people to 
learn modperl, then move into the Linux/ BSD platform.

Re: modperl on Win32 is still happening

[Jim Brandt <cb...@buffalo.edu>]

With thread support in mod_perl 2, it's much more of an option on Win32 
than with mod_perl 1, so you might even see more interest from the 
Windows side.

Foo JH wrote:
> Looking at the (albeit small) stream of entries to the mailing list, I'm 
> actually quite happy to notice that people are:
> 1. Still using modperl. Some newbie questions may suggest fresh blood...
> 2. Still using modperl on Win32 (despite the 'limitations'). Good news 
> for Microsoft, but I personally believe it's a gentle step for people to 
> learn modperl, then move into the Linux/ BSD platform.
> 
> 

-- 
Jim Brandt
Administrative Computing Services
University at Buffalo

Re: modperl on Win32 is still happening

[Colin Wetherbee <cw...@denterprises.org>]

Foo JH wrote:
> 3. Fast to cook, good to eat

That's my favorite part of mod_perl.

It goes down well with cookies, too, but tastes awful with Java. ;)

And, you know, to keep this on topic, I like the idea that mod_perl on 
Windows can be a springboard of sorts for people who may eventually be 
driven to use mod_perl on other platforms.  Supporting Windows with 
technologies like mod_perl seems like a kind of viral evangelism, and as 
long as mod_perl continues to work well on Windows, Windows-centric 
people will continue to be interested in mod_perl.

Colin

Re: modperl on Win32 is still happening

[Foo JH <jh...@extracktor.com>]

Firstly: mod_perl is a good choice. :) There are other languages out 
there which can probably do the same job 90% of the time. But what you 
have chosen is a language that is:
1. OS independent
2. Highly extensible via CPAN
3. Fast to cook, good to eat

It's not a question of whether you can do job X with language Y, but 
it's more of how easily it is done, and how flexible it can be. mod_perl 
tends to do pretty well in that path.


Vladimir Yardan wrote:
>
>
> I am on my way to studying mod_perl on Windows are you saying I should 
> go for other choices? What is a good one for windows?

Re: modperl on Win32 is still happening

[Vladimir Yardan <vl...@gmail.com>]

On Dec 6, 2007 10:38 AM, Foo JH <jh...@extracktor.com> wrote:

> Looking at the (albeit small) stream of entries to the mailing list, I'm
> actually quite happy to notice that people are:
> 1. Still using modperl. Some newbie questions may suggest fresh blood...
> 2. Still using modperl on Win32 (despite the 'limitations'). Good news
> for Microsoft, but I personally believe it's a gentle step for people to
> learn modperl, then move into the Linux/ BSD platform.
>
>
> I am on my way to studying mod_perl on Windows are you saying I should go
for other choices? What is a good one for windows?