[Xitami] basic as a script cgi code

[Magnus Wedberg]

Paul Reid wrote, On 2008-06-04 23:50:
>  > basic as a cgi code
> 
> ANY DOS/Win program (likewise anything executable under unix) can be run 
> as a CGI.

...if they write to standard output. Turbo Pascal programs, for example 
(yeah old), have some own routines for that and cannot be used to run 
CGI -- they must be wrapped in a batch file (!) for that to work. So, 
strange workarounds may be needed.

> Don't over-think, over-design, or get into strange little solutions.

At this point in time, CGI and SSIs -- once used most everywhere -- 
would /be/ the strange little solution. ;-)

> OTOH, unless you are married to BASIC, Perl and PHP run under Xitami. 
> PHP has one function, coded to an Apache quirk/flaw, which bombs under 
> Xitami; otherwise it is sweet. Perl and PHP have library functions which 
> make hard-work in old BASIC too-easy. (VBscript may do more... but then 
> why not go all-the-way and use MS IIS server?)

Yes, PHP is great, but the overhead of starting up a PHP process for 
every page reload is /very/ significant. Apache with PHP as a module 
absolutely smokes Xitami, despite Xitami being much faster for static 
content.

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Magnus Wedberg
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