Brown trousers time :~

[Lyle - CosmicPerl.com]

Simon Cozens wrote:
> Lyle - CosmicPerl.com wrote:
>   
>> I'm concerned that I'll have to quickly write some C libraries for the
>> heavy traffic parts, the book I've found referenced most is "Embedding
>> and Extending Perl", is this the best book to get?
>>     
>
> This is the best book to get for the job you think you want to do, but
> "Advanced Perl Programming" is the best book for the job that you
> actually want to do. 
I've already got that book :) I've got the first edition which I've 
heard is better.. Isn't the second edition more about using CPAN? Or do 
you think I should grab a copy of that as well?
> However, that would require paying a tiny little
> bit of attention to the many people on this list who have told you that
> CGI is not the way to do this. I don't know if you're prepared to do that.
>
> Disclaimer: I wrote both books.
>   
Are you talking about the Mason, Jifty, CGI, etc debate? From the 
benchmarks I found I'll be using mod_perl then maybe some basic CGI for 
the low traffic stuff... How would you do it?


Lyle