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Zoran - mod_perl again

Zoran - mod_perl again

by Arnold Pizer -
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inactiveTopicmod_perl again topic started 12/20/2002; 12:03:07 PM
last post 12/22/2002; 2:28:47 PM
userZoran - mod_perl again  blueArrow
12/20/2002; 12:03:07 PM (reads: 795, responses: 1)
Hi everyone.

Just couple of questions. Any news regarding implementing mod_perl into webwork? I read someone's message that it will be done by summer 2002. Is it inside WebWork 1.8?

Also, have anyone tried fastCGI?

Regards Zoran.

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userArnold K. Pizer - Re: mod_perl again  blueArrow
12/22/2002; 2:28:47 PM (reads: 977, responses: 0)
Hi Zoran,

The mod_perl version is not in WeBWorK 1.8. There are two mod_perl implementations, one at Rochester and one at Indiana. Bill Wheeler at Indiana took the standard WeBWorK scripts (maybe version 1.6 or 1.7) and converted them to run under mod_perl. That version is used at Indiana. At Rochester we are writing a new version of WeBWorK which now is called WeBWorK mod_perl and probably will be WeBWorK 2.0 when released. It's in beta testing now and will be used for the first time at Rochester this spring in a limited number of courses. Currently all student actions run under mod_perl but all administrative actions (every thing done from the professor page) run under WeBWorK 1.8. Obviously, it's the student actions where you really need mod_perl's speed. A course can be simultaneously run under both WeBWorK mod_perl and WeBWorK 1.8 (in fact this is required) so students can choose which version they want to use. This should give us pretty good feedback on the new version. We will keep people posted as to how this experiment goes and when the Rochester WeBWorK mod_perl version might be ready for release.

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