[cgiapp] The benefits of vanilla CGI vs. FastCGI

[Mark Fuller]

On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 7:10 AM, Mark Stosberg <mark at summersault.com> wrote:
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> Some ask "Why bother with vanilla CGI anymore?"

I agree. The frameworks seem like the typical good idea that turns
into a nightmare because of the "devils in the details." I'm not
familiar with all of them. (I'm thinking of Catalyst, primarily.).

It's one thing to see a pattern of activity. But, by the time the
framework accommodates all the exceptions, it's worse than the illness
it sought to cure. There's a steeper learning curve for Catalyst than
there is for ordinary CGI (or, a helper like C::A). I don't see how
that would ever be repaid over time by not having to do things like
calling the template output routine.

Mark