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What is CGI
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Lorton)
Wed Dec 13 16:36:59 1995
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 11:57:48 -0800
From: Michael Lorton <mlorton@eshop.com>
To: java-interest@java.sun.com
Cc: gstein@eshop.com
> I believe that CGI scripts, not Applets will be the predominant type of
> Internet applications for getting everyday work done the near future.
As a practical matter, this unlikely to be the case. CGI scripts are
very expensive, in CPU cycle. A server cannot support many
simultaneous CGI requests without bogging down.
A more likely scenario is that what front-end processing can be done
will be done, by applets; backend processing will be done
+ by custom modules linked directly into the server
+ by scripts run by interpreters which are themselves integral to the
servers
+ by IPC between the HTTP server and custom servers,
+ by some combination of the above.
( see http://yoda.digicool.com/products/dcglue for some examples of
the above )
The CGI script in its current form will (I believe) survive only for
specific short-term and low-use purposes.
M.
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