mod_perl

Mod_perl is a free optional module for the Apache Web server, which integrates a Perl interpreter into the web server. In this way, Perl scripts for dynamic web content can be carried out without need to restart that for each HTTP request, the Perl interpreter. Existing CGI scripts can be used thanks to an emulation layer. In addition, so just let create new modules for the Apache Web server. mod_perl enables exotic features such as the use of Perl in the Apache configuration file.

Mod_perl is freely available under the Apache license and is maintained by the Apache Software Foundation.

Alternatives

Alternatively, the execution of Perl scripts is accelerated on web servers with FastCGI. Compared with mod_perl, this has the advantage that the script can not necessarily run with the user rights of the web server process, but under a different user ID. Especially for Massenwebhoster this represents a significant increase in security

Also for similar scripting languages ​​like Perl, there are similar techniques; for the associated PHP Apache module is called mod_php, mod_python for Python says.

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