Mod_perl. Mod_perl can emulate a Common Gateway Interface (CGI) environment, so that existing Perl CGI scripts can benefit from the performance boost without having to be re-written.
See also[edit] External links[edit] Mod_perl in 30 minutes. In the previous article, I've shown quite amazing Web performance reports from companies that have deployed mod_perl heavily.
You might be surprised but you can quite easily get similarly amazing results if you move your service to mod_perl as well. In fact, getting started with mod_perl shouldn't take you more than 30 minutes -- the time it takes to compile and configure the server on a decent machine and get it running. What is mod_perl? Mod_perl: Welcome to the mod_perl world.