learning perl and cgi

From: timh (djsc00p_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 12/16/03 

Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 16:39:27 GMT

Hello group,

I'm interested in starting to learn Perl and CGI. I'm not having any
problems with that. However, setting everything up is not clear to me.

What should I do to run my CGI scripts on my computer, with my browser. I
need to be able to run these CGI scripts on my own browser, so I can test
what I'm doing. I'm not interested in getting and account yet, I just want
to run it on my machine. Is there a way to do this, or buying an account is
mandatory?

Also, am I required to install Unix? (I use XP right now)

I actually have zillions of questions but I'll read and find out. Could
anyone just give me a few ideas on how all this works? I've always been a
windows user so I'm a bit confused.
Any help is appreciated.

thanks in advance,
tim

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