[fpc-pascal] CGI (with Free Pascal) vs PHP

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

On 3/6/07, Michael Van Canneyt <michael.vancanneyt at wisa.be> wrote:

> > Firebird DB as backend. Yes that is what I'm about to do...  What
> > would be the best choice of language?
>
> FPC ;-)

Asking in this mailing list, I would have guessed that much. :-)

> You can also create an apache module with FPC. I would recommend that;
> It'll be a lot faster than CGI.
>
> If you want to reuse your existing code, I'd opt for that approach.

Sorry if this sounds stupid, but what is the difference?  Memory
usage, threading, etc?
I've only ever setup websites with Apache and written basic CGI apps.


Is there a speed difference between CGI and PHP?
Memory usage?
Session information?


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