> awful CGI VB6 or C app. I'm starting to have flashbacks to the various C web CGI applications that I used to develop and maintain now... Awful is not the des

> awful CGI VB6 or C app. I'm starting to have flashbacks to the various C web CGI applications that I used to develop and maintain now... Awful is not the descriptor that I'd have used. These things were abominations, more so by todays "standards." I don't remember all of the details, but I do distinctly remember that user input was an absolute nightmare to deal with, as well as sending/receiving files. Another nightmarish memory from those days: I once had a co-worker develop the backend to a web CGI in bash (!) and, before I knew he had done it, he was kicking it over the wall for me to finish. I ended up demonstrating why this would cause poor performance and then re-wrote it as C. Yikes. I'm really glad that we've moved beyond all of... that.