Mark Wonsil wrote: > > Webreference.com sent an email with information on how one can run Perl > scripts outside the web-server's space. This Perl mod keeps a Perl instance > running all of the time so it doesn't have to start one with each request. > I'm not sure what kind of porting effort it would require. The topic seemed > appropriate to those who posted earlier about FastCGI vs. MOD_Perl etc. > > Here's the URL (ends with .pm so watch the wrap!) > > http://search.cpan.org/doc/HORROCKS/CGI-SpeedyCGI-1.8.3/lib/CGI/SpeedyCGI.pm I've never heard of this one until now. Thanks for the reference! I suspect SpeedyCGI.pm will probably be slower than mod_perl, because a fork()/exec() still needs to be done as part of regular web server CGI spawning to run a minimal C program which then communicates with the persistent Perl process running outside of the web server. While not as fast as mod_perl, SpeedyCGI would offer better protection against misbehaving Perl scripts which under mod_perl can seriously affect the operation of your web server. - Mark B.