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Subject: Re: Recommendation for a UK based ISP 
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From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>
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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....