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		icedchai on Dec 2, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2023) I wrote my first web apps in Perl, way back in the 90's! "use CGI" anyone?

shrimpx on Dec 2, 2023 | [–]

Same here. I also built a few web backends using Apache mod_perl, which was insanely fast compared to CGI.

stasmalyshev on Dec 2, 2023 | | [–]

PHP started as mod_perl app, too.

stasmalyshev on Dec 2, 2023 | [–]

Oh yes, those were the days!

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