[Web-SIG] HTTP_CONTENT_TYPE and HTTP_CONTENT_LENGTH

[Manlio Perillo]

Ian Bicking ha scritto:
> Manlio Perillo wrote:
>
 > [...]

> the Content-Type header should be 
> CONTENT_TYPE, and Content-Length should be CONTENT_LENGTH.  


This is just a personal curiosity: *why* CGI defines these additional 
variables instead of using the corresponding HTTP_ variables?

There is no explanation in the CGI spec.



Thanks  Manlio Perillo