Difference between CGI and PL

Python

What is the difference between CGI and PL?

By this I mean you can get two filename extensions:

filename.cgi
and
filename.pl

Is there any difference in the language itself?

martian2k4

hmmm, cgi and perl use each other i.e php and mysql .. i think

daboss

martian2k4, the relationship between cgi and perl couldn't be more different than the relationship between php and mysql. mysql is a database!!!

Python

lmao.. yeah thats a point... but i think he means that they can be used on conjunction with each other to create something more complex than what just one of them on their own can do...

martian2k4

daboss wrote:

martian2k4, the relationship between cgi and perl couldn't be more different than the relationship between php and mysql. mysql is a database!!!

I didn't mean like that but CGI uses PERL .... i didn't mean its a database

Chroder

CGI is an interface for Perl. Perl is a programming language, and to send content to your browser (for example), you need the CGI gateway.

CGI is just a set of rules that says how one piece of software communicates with another piece of software, whereas Perl is a programming language. Any application can communicate with a webserver if it uses CGI and it's rules.

martian2k4

Oh ye thats what i ment to say