[thelist] Perl vs PerlScript (clueless newbie)

Khurt Williams khurtwilliams at gmail.com
Tue Oct 12 09:31:28 CDT 2004


Your requirement is "server side execution requiring nothing from the
client" so any server side technology (Servlets, JSP, Perl, PHP,
Python, shell, ASP) will work.


On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 12:59:51 -0400, Sean G <ethanol at mathlab.sunysb.edu> wrote:
> Howdy,
> 
> Crawling out of my microsoft-induced haze, I'm setting up MySQL and Perl on
> windows 2003.  (baby steps :)  I have some trouble I think is related to
> semantics.
> 
> My understanding is Perl is the framework or language, and a perl script is
> a program.  (Yes, I know there is a difference between a script and a
> program.  I just painting with broad strokes here.)
> 
> My questions is, what is the difference between a 'perl script' and
> 'PerlScript'?
> 
> I'm looking for server side execution requiring nothing from the client
> beyond a web browser, which I think means Perl.  On the other hand
> PerlScript is executed on the client, and on windows requires something like
> ActivePerl, right?   Am I even close?
> 
> Please, don't make me go back to vb!
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Sean G.
> 
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