[futurebasic] Re: [X-FB] DIM FB AS cgi

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From: jonathan <jonnnathan@...>
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 19:51:30 +0100
le 2000/11/22 16:27, tedd à tedd@... a écrit :

> I use Perl for my cgi scripts -- however, I would love to use FB
> instead. How do you use FB for cgi stuff? It looks like to me that
> the server would have to be able to run FB.

No, as FB is compiled not interpreted so any complied app can be used as
part of a CGI as long as it does what its supposed to do. However you would
have to have a Mac OS server (probably not OS-X), and today these are pretty
slow besides 'nix boxes (plus the advantages that 'nix runs on cheap
(w)intel boxes). But anyway the cost of a permanent connection is so high
that... well, most folks'll go with a host service, so this means mainly
Linux or NT... so Perl (or PHP) is the choice for neat CGI work.

:-j