[NTLUG:Discuss] portable perl question...

[Johnie Stafford]

>>> On Tue, 05 Jun 2001 23:49:49 -0500, Fred James <fredjame at concentric.net> said:

 fj> (perhaps not really as off the track as it may seem at first)
 fj> Here I am learning Perl on a Linux machine and I get an opportunity to
 fj> take a class or two in it - what's the catch?
 fj> The class is being taught on MS machines - but of course they promise
 fj> not to be MS specific.
 fj> What's my question?
 fj> Got any hints on what to avoid in Perl on an MS machine - my aim is
 fj> portable, and my interest is Linux.

 fj> The class is suppose to introduce us to CGI in Perl, and right away the
 fj> guy says nobody writes CGI in Perl any more - is that true, or is he
 fj> possibly misinformed?

I can't imagine what I would write my CGI in if it weren't in perl.
But if the instructor is teaching the class from a MS perspective, it
is possible that he is refering to CGI for NT & IIS. And in that
world, it is possible that CGI is happening in VB or something these
days (I have no personal experience with IIS). In the unix/linux
world, CGI is still overwealmingly perl.

	Johnie