CGI scripts

[Daniel Nogradi]

> Can I use Python for CGI scripts. It is telling me to use Perl and I
> don't know any
>
> To be honest I don't really no what CGI scripts are (soz)
>
> I have purchased a domain name of my ISP PIPEX and 100MB space
>
> And I don't know what I can do with it now

Will your pages be served by your ISP, that is the domain name that
you purchased will point to a server hosted your ISP? If yes and your
ISP hosts some form of python on those servers and allows you to use
it then you can serve your pages using python (via CGI or some other
mechanism). The best thing to do first is to ask your ISP what
facilities it has. Perl, php, python, ruby or what.

If your purchased domain name will point to a server that you
administer yourself then you can do pretty much everything you wish
(almost :)). For example you can install mod_python if you are using
Apache and serve your pages using that.