PerlEx Version 1.1 Increases Performance for Perl Users; Software Upgrade Improves Web Site Performance Over Perl CGI.VANCOUVER, Canada--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 4, 1999--PerlEx 1.1, the latest version of the popular web server plug-in from ActiveState Tool Corp, is now available. PerlEx 1.1 dramatically improves performance by pre-compiling Perl scripts and storing them in memory. Using a web server's native Application Program Interface (API), ActiveState has seen typical performance increases of 2 to 30 times, compared to an ordinary Perl Microsoft Internet Server API (ISAPI (Internet Server API) A programming interface on Internet Information Services (IIS), Microsoft's Web server. Using ISAPI function calls, Web pages can invoke programs that are written as DLLs on the server, typically to access data in a database. ) Dynamic Link Library A set of program routines that can be called at runtime as needed. See DLL. dynamic link library - Dynamically Linked Library (dll) or standalone Perl. PerlEx runs on all popular commercial Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. Web servers, including O'Reilly and Associates' WebSite Professional, Microsoft IIS Microsoft IIS - Internet Information Server 3.0 and 4.0, and Netscape FastTrack and Enterprise servers. PerlEx can be downloaded for $395 U.S at (http://www.ActiveState.com/plex). An upgrade to PerlEx 1.1 is available at no cost to PerlEx 1.0 license holders from the same web page. "Today's dynamic web sites will benefit greatly from the outstanding performance of PerlEx 1.1," says Dick Hardt, President and CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. of ActiveState Tool Corp. "We have performed tests comparing this latest version to Perl Common Gateway Interface (CGI CGI in full Common Gateway Interface. Specification by which a Web server passes data between itself and an application program. Typically, a Web user will make a request of the Web server, which in turn passes the request to a CGI application program. ) and competitors and the results are clear: when it comes to speed, PerlEx significantly outperforms the others." PerlEx 1.1 is designed to be easy to install and includes improved documentation from the last version, making it easy to get scripts up and running right away. New features in PerlEx 1.1 include adaptation tools and performance monitoring, through the Windows NT Performance Monitor. By taking advantage of specific PerlEx features, a web programmer can dramatically improve the performance of web applications. For example, database connections may be kept open, or a large file may be read and stored in memory, between invocations of a script. PerlEx 1.1 is one offering in a series of ActiveState products that broaden the capabilities of Perl developers; other professional tools from ActiveState include: PerlDirect, the upcoming Perl Development Kit 1.1 and VisualPerl. Note to Editors: PerlEx, PerlDirect, the Perl Development Kit 1.1 and VisualPerl are trademarks of ActiveState Tool Corp. Open Source is a trademark of Software in the Public Interest Software in the Public Interest, Inc. (SPI) is a non-profit organization formed to help other organizations create and distribute free/open-source software and open source hardware. (www.opensource.org). All other names may be trademarks of their respective organizations. |
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