I'm just playing around and trying things out.

I hope you are aware that running CGI programs in the internet is not a good idea for trying things out. The internet as a whole is not a particularly friendly place. When a new server starts to respond on Port 80, it takes just some minutes before robots will start poking it for security holes. If you point your friends to use your new playground, you're putting them at risk because their browser might run malicious code.