2 cgi/perl related questions...

[Pretender]

1) What is the different between perl and cgi? Are they the same thing?

2) In perl, what's the command to run an external program?

 

[pac1085]

Good luck findin help in this big 'ol heap of nef threads

 

[Locutus of Board]

1) No
2) {External}

 

[Namuna]

1. Perl and CGI are competing products. Like McDonald's and Burger King.
Perl stands for Package Enhance Request Language
CGI stands for Computer Generated Interconnect

2. You have to install an API

 

[jmcoreymv]

I always thought that CGI can be programmed in a variety of languages and Perl is one of them, but there is like special stuff you have to type in the code to make it CGI.

 

[DaveJ]

I though CGI was Common Gateway Interface... PERL is just a language you can use to perform CGI functions...

Dave

 

[Namuna]

Me thinks the sarcasm of the Post/thread has flown over a few heads.

 

[Pretender]

Alright, I admit I'm a moron at this stuff, and I *think* Namuna was kidding....if so, could you pity my newbie soul and give me the right answer