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i still run my blog [1] via CGI [2]. I've never really had a problem with it in 20 years. [1] http://boston.conman.org/ http://boston.conman.org/ [2] https:/
by spc476 7y ago
i still run my blog [1] via CGI [2]. I've never really had a problem with it in 20 years.
[1] http://boston.conman.org/ http://boston.conman.org/
[2] https://github.com/spc476/mod_blog https://github.com/spc476/mod_blog
- winrid 7y agoWow! Why C? For fun? Practice? Just what you know?
- z92 7y agoBecause it's still the best language for writing library routines along with a header file, which then can be used from most other languages with least runtime overhead.
- spc476 7y agoWhen I started writing it back in 1999, it was what I knew. I also had a C library for dealing with CGI scripts I wrote from the mid-90s. Also, for several years my website was run off a 486 I had colocated at a company my friend was running, so there was a performance issue as well.