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Re: could I use c replace perl in cgi programing(webprogramming?)
- From: Eljay Love-Jensen <eljay at adobe dot com>
- To: eric lin <fsshl at centurytel dot net>, gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 08:21:14 -0600
- Subject: Re: could I use c replace perl in cgi programing(webprogramming?)
Hi Eric,
Your question is off-topic for this mailing list, but I'll give you a quick
answer.
Yes, you can use C (or C++) to replace Perl in CGI programming.
Whether it is appropriate or not depends on the problem to be solved. Perl
is a very powerful, very efficient scripting language. It is well suited
to programmatically create HTML
Perl programmers can create "write only code" that is hard to maintain. Or
with a little tender loving care, Perl scripts can be very large, and at
the same time very maintainable.
Perl 6 will even give better facilities to creating large, maintainable
Perl scripts, and enhance the object oriented capabilities for developers.
Sincerely,
--Eljay