Why is Perl commonly used as CGI scripts?
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I plan to add a better search feature to my site, so I thought that I would write it in C and use the CGI as a means to access it. But it seems that Perl is the most popular language when it comes to CGI-based stuff. Why is that? Wouldn't it be faster programmed in C or machine code?
What advantages, if any, are there to writing it in a scripting language?
Thanks.
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