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Python for CGI is dead?

Will Stuyvesant hwlgw at hotmail.com
Sun Jan 12 09:14:27 EST 2003 
I am spending rather much time trying to build a project using CGI
scripts written in Python.  But am I wasting my time?  I could not
find much Python hosting, and none free (except a french one that I
can not register into) for Python CGI scripts!  

I wish python.org would give you the opportunity to test small, low
bandwidth, CGI scripts for free.  It would help Python become more
popular and it could be a showcase for good Python CGI programming,
with an annual competition for "best" CGI-based websites perhaps?  You
could test your CGI scripts there until they are sufficiently mature
so you can make money with them and pay for a commercial host or start
a host yourself.  

As it is now I am afraid using Python for CGI is going to die a slow
death if it is not dead already.  And **no**, I don't want to run a
(CGI-)webserver myself (Twisted) or use Zope.  I want Python to become
more popular, especially for CGI.  So you could expect your local ISP
to be able to host your scripts.


About python web hosting:

http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/moinmoin/PythonHosting

See all those old Python version there?

'''
Woman on Street:        Sir, you are drunk; very, very drunk.
Winston Churchill:        Madame, you are ugly; very, very ugly.
                        I shall be sober in the morning.
'''
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