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To: Garry Heaton <garry@heaton6.freeserve.co.uk> From: Philip Mak <pmak@aaanime.net> Subject: Re: (Beginner) mod_Perl hosting scarce? Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 12:14:12 -0500 (EST) On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Garry Heaton wrote: > My projects would typically involve small business online databases. If I'm > going to have trouble finding hosts it might be best to use JSP or ASP. > What's the current situation on this one? It is true that less hosts offer mod_perl hosting due to the potential complexity involved in it. However, they are out there, and you just need to find one good one. I believe aplushosting.com and cwihosting.com have mod_perl. You can try e-mailing their tech support to confirm it. If not, try searching http://www.ispcheck.com/ for other webhosts. As for selection of scripting language, mod_perl is probably the most versatile language. But as you know, it is also one of the harder ones to learn. If you just want to do simple database sites, PHP or ASP might be a better choice as it would probably take you less time to learn. === To: mod_Perl <modperl@apache.org> From: Fred Read <fred@dabax.com> Subject: RE: (Beginner) mod_Perl hosting scarce? Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 12:47:04 -0500 Hi. I've been following the mod_perl list for a little while, but have been fairly quiet. I work with a guy named Steve Vetzal at Dabax Inc. We do development with mod_perl/Mason, and host all our stuff with a company called Web In Motion. They don't list their pricing for the mod_perl stuff online. They just tack on $25 / month on top of the standard price for mod_perl, and $25 / month for MySQL. check out www.webinmotion.net. Fred Read fred@dabax.com http://www.dabax.com === To: Garry Heaton <garry@heaton6.freeserve.co.uk> From: Stas Bekman <stas@stason.org> Subject: Re: (Beginner) mod_Perl hosting scarce? Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 20:11:00 +0100 (CET) On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Garry Heaton wrote: > I'm considering studying mod_Perl with the O'Reilly book "Programming Apache > Modules with Perl & C" . I've heard it's the only way to run Perl at > performance speeds comparable to other popular template-based technologies > such as JSP and ASP. However, as a Perl beginner it will be a steep learning > curve for me and I heard in the last digest that mod_Perl hosting is harder > to find than JSP, ASP etc. in which case I might be wasting my time. There is a special page dedicated for ISPs giving mod_perl: http://perl.apache.org/isp.html I also published a special article about it: http://apachetoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2000-11-27-001-01-OS-LF-PL If you are an ISP that provides mod_perl services and isn't listed here: http://perl.apache.org/isp.html make sure that you tell the maintainer of this page that you exist. Thanks! ===