Probably 'cause newbies don't know any better. Or maybe I'm wrong- those people over at BurstNET use his scripts for their site (ORDER FORM?!?!?!?!?)...
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Haha Orpheus! With his perl skills he probably at least failed intermediate computer class (perl specifically).
Anyway, you better go look again. It looks like they've started updating it again. But there are other sites like it: www.hotscripts.comwww.perlarchive.com
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It actually has been updated in May. I had one of my scripts added, but it sucked so I made it forward to wiredstart.com . Matt emailed me telling me
"In the future, if you would like to list a site with us, please let us
know when it disappears, rather than redirecting users to a new link.
We have removed yourlink from our index."
Hi,
I think they're so popular because he was probably one of the first people to put a perl archive on the web! Also, almosts all sites with perl links link to him. Most web hosting companies will have a link to his site in their CGI help section!
The original dry spell at cgi-resources.com was because they transferred to a new server and had problems! They got that fixed but I guess they just got bored or something for a while! Who knows?
Anyway, it's being updated almost daily now which is good! You can always use http://www.cgi-index.com if you want!
When I was new to hosting, ect, because of this, I practically thought that Matt was the "Perl god" (actually, I never went that far, but just imagine others!)
Hi,
I'm pretty sure he was ONE of the first to set a perl archive up. Their were probably others, but his scripts were original and easy to use! He probably invented the form to email script or something.
Their's definately been a HUGE increase in perl archives over the last four years! I've seen CGI-Resources.com triple in size!
The reason his page is popular is because people that don't have a clue like me find his scripts easily as they are always in the faqs of our hosts. We then have a look through his site we see things we didn't know was possible! Like cool litle scripts so we think hey could I do that? Yes you can its easy here is how.... and so we get lured in. If anyone could make me understand cgi then I would definatley put a link to them cause me and cgi go together like water and oil.
If anyone noticed cgi-resources was updated and they added a PHP section. =)
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Justin S posted this at 04:53 — 10th June 2000.
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Probably 'cause newbies don't know any better. Or maybe I'm wrong- those people over at BurstNET use his scripts for their site (ORDER FORM?!?!?!?!?)...
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fairhousing posted this at 05:52 — 10th June 2000.
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anybody know what's up with that site? it hasn't been updated n ages.
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Orpheus posted this at 06:04 — 10th June 2000.
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Maybe matt wright failed college or something
Justin S posted this at 12:46 — 10th June 2000.
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Haha Orpheus! With his perl skills he probably at least failed intermediate computer class (perl specifically).
Anyway, you better go look again. It looks like they've started updating it again. But there are other sites like it: www.hotscripts.com www.perlarchive.com
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Rob Pengelly posted this at 13:05 — 10th June 2000.
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It actually has been updated in May. I had one of my scripts added, but it sucked so I made it forward to wiredstart.com
. Matt emailed me telling me
"In the future, if you would like to list a site with us, please let us
know when it disappears, rather than redirecting users to a new link.
We have removed yourlink from our index."
Kinda funny I thought
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Ted posted this at 14:25 — 10th June 2000.
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I saw a couple of the "new" icons go up in May, not many changes. Prior to that, it was a loooong dry spell.
skirrow posted this at 18:52 — 10th June 2000.
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Hi,
if you want!
I think they're so popular because he was probably one of the first people to put a perl archive on the web! Also, almosts all sites with perl links link to him. Most web hosting companies will have a link to his site in their CGI help section!
The original dry spell at cgi-resources.com was because they transferred to a new server and had problems! They got that fixed but I guess they just got bored or something for a while! Who knows?
Anyway, it's being updated almost daily now which is good! You can always use http://www.cgi-index.com
Neil
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richjb posted this at 03:02 — 11th June 2000.
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Communitech, which is popular amongst newbies, priases him. They have a section in their pcp dedicated specifically for him:
http://demo:[email protected]:911/index.cgi?MattWrightCGIMainPage
When I was new to hosting, ect, because of this, I practically thought that Matt was the "Perl god" (actually, I never went that far, but just imagine others!)
Just a thought on the topic.
Richard
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Orpheus posted this at 06:12 — 11th June 2000.
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I dont think he was one of the first perl archives on the net.
skirrow posted this at 07:46 — 11th June 2000.
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Hi,
I'm pretty sure he was ONE of the first to set a perl archive up. Their were probably others, but his scripts were original and easy to use! He probably invented the form to email script or something.
Their's definately been a HUGE increase in perl archives over the last four years! I've seen CGI-Resources.com triple in size!
Neil
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vy22 posted this at 11:34 — 21st June 2000.
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Skirrow is right,
The reason his page is popular is because people that don't have a clue like me find his scripts easily as they are always in the faqs of our hosts. We then have a look through his site we see things we didn't know was possible! Like cool litle scripts so we think hey could I do that? Yes you can its easy here is how.... and so we get lured in. If anyone could make me understand cgi then I would definatley put a link to them cause me and cgi go together like water and oil.
~Vy~
Orpheus posted this at 04:18 — 22nd June 2000.
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If anyone noticed cgi-resources was updated and they added a PHP section. =)
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