Indexer, Sun, 02 Jan 2011 10:47:46 +1030: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > On 02/01/2011, at 09:04, Grant wrote: > >> I'm sorry this is OT but I really value the opinion of many people >> subscribed to this list. >> >> I'm starting a new project that is quite straightforward and will >> interface with an old project. The only point of contact between the >> two projects might be both of them having access to the same database >> table. The old project is written in a language that is related to >> perl so I can imagine there would be some benefit to using perl for the >> new project. Am I foolish to start a new project in perl at this stage >> in its lifecycle? I won't be doing the coding myself and I wonder if I >> would be better off with PHP since more coders seem to be familiar with >> PHP than perl. > > TBH use neither, most people are jumping away from PHP and Perl. >
I am not sure who is "most people" but I do almost all my coding in Perl and love it. Perl has great features and is very cleverly designed language! Lubos
