RE: PERL

Hi Darren,

The Perl interpreter is the software used to execute your Perl
files. It's invoked to interpret and run the files whenever they're
called. 

Your webserver has a Perl interpeter installed on it - o/wise
your Perl files wouldn't run.  Assuming you're running on a Unix
box, the path to the Perl interpreter follows the shebang (#!)
on the first line of the file - and that's how it knows how to
find the interpreter.

(An analogy might be the engine in your automobile - when you
step on the accelerator, it makes the auto go faster.  However,
the engine's hiding under the hood, so its action is transparent
to you.)

HTH ... .

>--- Original Message ---
>From: Darren Wooding <darren(at)intramation.co.uk>
>To: "'hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org'" <hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org>
>Date: 8/2/00 10:19:02 AM
>

>Okay, this may be the most stupid, obvious question in the world,
but: why
>do I need a PERL interpreter?  When I modify the PERL CGI files
in the
>CGI-BIN on the web server, the modified files work just fine.
 I have not
>compiled them, or interpreted them anywhere.
>
>Am I missing something here?
>
>Darren
>

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