i am considering creating a ruby interface to this module : http://www.mems-exchange.org/software/scgi/ it's similar to fastscgi but is supposedly simpler to implement. i would interested if anyone has had any experience with it or enough experience with fastcgi to make an educated comparison. -a -- ==================================== | Ara Howard | NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory | Information and Technology Services | Data Systems Group | R/FST 325 Broadway | Boulder, CO 80305-3328 | Email: ahoward / fsl.noaa.gov | Phone: 303-497-7238 | Fax: 303-497-7259 ====================================