can mod_perl improve performance for off-the-shelf cgi scripts?

i'm having some load problem with cgi scripts . the perl-based cgi bulletin boards would spawn a perl process for each page request .

i've tried using mod_perl before and i've used the following settings for the user's directory .

PerlHandler Apache::Registry
AddHandler perl-script .cgi
AddHandler perl-script .pl
PerlSendHeader On

some scripts work and dont seem to spawn the external perl interpreter . but others would just fail mysteriously (i forgot what the error was) .

does anyone have experience using mod_perl this way ? or does anyone have an alternative for an internal perl interpreter for apache ?

 

 

 

 

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