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> There are good technical reasons for this. CGI is a dying technology. In 2015, there are far better ways to write web applications in Perl. We don’t want to b
by dagurp 11y ago
> There are good technical reasons for this. CGI is a dying technology. In 2015, there are far better ways to write web applications in Perl. We don’t want to be seen to encourage the use of a technology which no-one should be using.
I don't see the harm in including it. I would think it was enough to document the disadvantages.
- davorg 11y agoThat was a conversation that was finished 18 months ago. I'm not sure that anything can be gained by rehashing it. The best we can do is deal with the consequences. The discussion is at http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2013/05/msg202130.html http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2013/05/ms... if you want the full details. But ultimately, I think they decided that having the module in the core was tantamount to a recommendation for its use.