Date:         Thu, 18 May 2000 09:43:01 -0700
Reply-To:     Cassell.David@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV
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From:         "David L. Cassell" <Cassell.David@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV>
Subject:      Re: SAS, COBOL, PL/1, ...
Comments: To: mshines@purdue.edu
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> > CGI !  :-(
>
> ** CGI = the Common Gateway Interface is an Interface - not a programming
> language.  The CGI can be implemented in many different languages..  SAS,
> Perl, C, C++, Tk/Tcl, Python, ad nauseum...

Precisely my point, Michael.  I wrote that because Faith Sloan had
harped on just this issue [for just a couple seconds] in her talk
at SUGI 25.

And, of course, CGI can even be implemented using non-languages.
I've seen CGI scripts which were just unix shell scripts. <shudder>

David
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David Cassell, OAO                     cassell@mail.cor.epa.gov
Senior computing specialist
mathematical statistician