I'd like to point out that CGI (and its descendents) can be used with any language, not just C (e.g. there are various false dichotomies in these comments betwe

I'd like to point out that CGI (and its descendents) can be used with any language, not just C (e.g. there are various false dichotomies in these comments between PHP vs CGI+C). There are also many fast, compiled languages which, unlike C, are memory-safe, make string handling easier, are higher-level, have stronger types, etc. In particular, ML-family languages like Rust/Ocaml/ReasonML/StandardML/Haskell are really good as meta-languages for safely generating other languages like HTML (that's what the "ML" stands for ;) ) It would be a shame if an inexperienced developer got the impression that their pages would load faster if they taught themselves C. Yes, it's possible to write reasonably-safe C; no, an Internet-facing CGI application isn't a good idea for a first C project.