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What is mod_perl? I know it's an apache perl module, but what would I gain from using it?

Jul 3rd, 2002 07:46
Dawn Guy, John B, http://perl.apache.org/faq/

mod_perl (from perl.apache.org) gives the Apache server the ability to
execute Perl code directly without having to call a CGI.

This functionality reduces the startup overhead associated with running
Perl scripts from the web server, allows variables to persist across
multiple requests, and (if PERL_AUTHEN is set when you're building
mod_perl) lets user authentication be extended to anything that can be
written in Perl (e.g. authenticate web access against an SMB or RADIUS
server without having to write an Apache module to do the job).