easy introduction to perl

[Matt S Trout]

On Sat, Oct 06, 2007 at 03:38:31PM +0100, Lyle - CosmicPerl.com wrote:
> Andy Armstrong wrote:
> >Everything you say is true but $2/month hosting (where LAMP means 
> >MySQL, PHP and maybe Perl core if you're lucky) is the norm. Lyle's 
> >programs are presumably sold as add-ons to people who have already set 
> >up a site. Telling they have to move everything and start 
> >administering a mod_perl / Catalyst|Jifty|whatever server just to run 
> >his banner ad code is, er, really stupid.
>
> Bingo, you've got it ;)

CGI::Application is one file, and as such can be installed with nothing more
than an FTP client.

In fact, the same goes for Catalyst - if you're careful you can get it
installed without needing to compile -anything- (and there's ways and means
of installing your own copies of XS modules onto servers anyway, just needs
a little bit of smarts applied).

It's just a matter of knowing what you're doing. If you don't and aren't going
to try and learn, that's fine by me - I'll have those customers. You should
be fine anyway, the pound was worth more back in 1990.

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