Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 11:17:45 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Teun Burgers <burgers AT ecn DOT nl>
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Subject: Re: is there any cgi library for djgpp?
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On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, Teun Burgers wrote:

> > Compiling CGI programs with DJGPP is not a good idea at all: most
> > probably the resultant executable won't work.  The problem is that DJGPP
> > produces DOS programs, which are run by Windows in a separate Virtual
> > Machine.  Since the HTTP server, like any Windows program, runs in the
> > System VM it needs to employ special tricks to redirect standard input
> > and output from a DJGPP program.  Alas, most Windows servers don't
> > bother to employ these tricks.
> 
> I disagree! I used Laszlo Molnars perl 552b port with the
> Windows version of Apache to run CGI scripts. This simply works.

Note the "most probably" part of my message.

Most people don't use Apache as their server (although IMHO they
should).  And even with Apache, you need tricks like using REDIR.