Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 18:04:43 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: nik@iii.co.uk Cc: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG, questions@FreeBSD.ORG, isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Recommendation for a UK based ISP Message-ID: <199711121804.SAA03318@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 12 Nov 1997 16:43:00 GMT." <19971112164300.34838@iii.co.uk>
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Heh,
I didn't even realize I was allowed to run cgis ! I thought it was
limited to a counter and a form that gets turned into email.
I really ought to pay attention :-)
> On Wed, Nov 12, 1997 at 12:16:29PM +0000, Brian Somers wrote:
> > Demon systems (www.demon.net) provide all this for #10+VAT (#11.75)
> > per month.
>
> They do almost all. My two sticking points with Demon are:
>
> 1. Their Perl version is 5.003. There were some important OO changes
> between 5.003 and 5.004, and so far, they don't seem inclined to
> upgrade.
>
> 2. They won't let you telnet to a shell on your web account that remotely
> reflects the environment your CGI script will be running in. It's
> much easier to debug a CGI that way. The alternative[1] of
[.....]
> N
>
> [1] The other alternative, writing code that "works first time" is a nice
> goal, but I prefer to live in the real world.
> --
> --+==[ Nik Clayton is Just Another Perl Hacker at Interactive Investor ]==+--
> It is easier to seek forgiveness than permission
--
Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <bri@OpenBSD.org>
<http://www.Awfulhak.org>;
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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