What factors should I consider when deciding whether to use Apache's mod_perl or mod_cgi, when configuring an existing web application?

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If it's a perl application and can run in either mode, mod_perl will be more efficient because Apache doesn't have to start a perl interpreter for every request. There's really no upside to using CGI instead.

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