some hosting server cant handle cgi forum

[astreet]

Im using a cgi forum for one and half year and i realize tat my forum is down.
I contact the support of my hosting server but they said tat their server cant handle the forum cgi due to and ask m change to PHP forum.

below is wut the support told m:
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The server could not handle forums in CGI scripts
It uses a lot of resources and making the server to crawl. This is
considered resources hungry application, which is not suitable in shared
hosting environment.

We need to move you to a different server. Or the best solution is to run
any discussion board in PHP. We have to suspend your site for a short
while. We are now in the process of moving your site to another server

Now your forum is getting bigger and busier.. The cgi-script like upfile.cgi etc are using so much resources.. I am planning to move you to backup server where not so many customers.. One day when you grow bigger - no server could handle it.. That is why I suggest that you convert your forum to PHP - php can be big and yet does not cause huge load to servers.

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May i know it tat cgi weakness?

[NogDog]

Well, if they're not running mod_perl but plain old Perl, then there could be a lot of overhead associated with initiating a separate Perl process and compiling each script for every HTTP request which calls a Perl CGI script. If that's the case, well, they really should move into the 21st century and install mod_perl.