Subject: Re: cgi-lib.pl
To: Mike Pelley <mike@pelley.com>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@zembu.com>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 07/07/2000 12:48:23
On Fri, 7 Jul 2000, Mike Pelley wrote:
> Just a note - cgi-lib.pl is really a perl 4 thing with no module support.
> CGI.pm (http://stein.cshl.org/WWW/software/CGI/) is a similar but more
> robust replacement for perl 5 written as a module. CGI.pm is available in
> pkgsrc under www/p5-CGI. I think cgi-lib.pl is not used as much anymore,
> but you can check out the home page at http://cgi-lib.berkeley.edu/ (it
> hasn't been updated since Feb 1998).
>
> Of course, if you were just trying out an example you can ignore this ;o)
Well, I'd like to learn how to do things, "right." And "right" sounds like
using CGI.pm.
Any suggestions on how to convert it?
Thanks!
Bill