cgi on javaranch

[Anupreet Arora]

Why is CGI technology being used on Javaranch if the purpose of the site/and its promoters is to advocate the use of Java and Servlets and related technologies ?

Secondly, are PHP/CGI based bulletin boards the only feasible and quick ways to provide forums facility on a website. Why aren't Servlets/JSP based bulletin boards the order of the day ?

Cheers
Anupreet

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

Your first question is asked very frequently; hence it's covered on the JavaRanch FAQ page.

The answer to your second question is that there are several JSP-based boards out there; MVNForum and Jive are two fairly popular ones.

[Jeroen Wenting]

as to the first: even though you guessed correct you can never be sure that a URL that says "cgi" isn't Java.
It's quite possible to map /cgibin/ to really be /servlet/ fooling people into thinking you're not using Java for example.

[Mark Spritzler]

Originally posted by Jeroen Wenting:
as to the first: even though you guessed correct you can never be sure that a URL that says "cgi" isn't Java.
It's quite possible to map /cgibin/ to really be /servlet/ fooling people into thinking you're not using Java for example.

:roll:

Spoken like a true geek.

Mark