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It makes sense that anything that existed at usable speeds in the 90s would be absurdly fast today. Even the overhead of spawning a new process is virtually unnoticeable on any vaguely modern hardware.



I’m glad we have no need for such straightforward, easy and fast methods today.


I appreciate the sarcasm, but yes I write cgi programs all the time. I go from conception to deployment in minutes.

I was looking at one such system (a bash one) that’s approaching its 10th anniversary. It has outlasted so many systems it’s unbelievable

Do the minimum job you need, just well enough.


Was it sarcasm? You'd be surprised. Some people love complexity for the sake of complexity.




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