On Wed, 26 Feb 2003 21:38:08 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Octavian Rasnita) wrote:
>I think the reason why PHP is used more and more much than Perl is that for >CGI related programs it is much simpler to use than perl. I don't mess around with php, but I do follow the discussions of it's merits vs. perl on http://perlmonks.org. I've been able to synthesize this from all the discussions: PHP will give you the same performance benefits as using mod-perl. PHP's drawback is that you are learning a language that can only be used for web programming. So well written mod-perl is comparable to PHP. I think the allure of PHP is that it is probably easier for a beginner to learn, but it is a dead-end, because you can't use it outside of web programming. And as most perl programmers know, web programming is only a tiny part of the usefulness of perl.....sysadmin scripts, text processing, task automation,etc. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
