cgi Scripts

Can anyone tell me whether cgi scripts have to be in the cgi-bin directory
as i wish to write and use them all though i do not have access to this 
directory.

also what is Perl (is it a interpriter or compiler ) and is it avaliable 
for VMS

 		Thanks



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