>>>> - Finding a web hosting company that allows arbitrary CGI /binaries/ is
>>>> seemingly impossible.
>>>>
>>>
>>> for this one, it's easier to look for the actual httpd.conf commands
>>> that tell Apache to use your custom CGI binary.
>>>
>>> "web hosting" "option +execCGI" "addHandler"
>>
>> I don't think I've come across a web host that lets you actually touch
>> the Apache configuration files. (And not all hosts even use Apache in
>> the first place, of course...)
>
> Then how do you plan on having said web hosting service run your binary?

I *said* it was a hard problem. ;-)

Typically the host sets up a special folder, and any files within it are 
considered to be CGI scripts in whatever language the server is 
hard-coded to accept. (Or /maybe/ based on the filename.) Presumably 
you'd have to find a host that allows executable binaries...

(And yes, you'd need to know whether the host runs Windows or Linux, in 
order to compile the correct binary.)

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