[thelist] php or perl/cgi?

David Dorward evolt at david.us-lot.org
Sat Sep 28 03:36:01 CDT 2002


On Fri, Sep 27, 2002 at 08:27:41PM -0700, Daniel Medley wrote:
> I'm wanting to expand myself a bit more now, this newbie says. Anyway, this
> may sound like a completely silly question so bear with me. I want to begin
> learning some server side stuff. Should I begin with something like php or,
> instead, perl? Or is the comparison moot?

It depends what you want to do.

Perl is
* More mature
* More available
* Less focused on the web

PHP is
* Easier to dive in to

I've sure other people can give good rasons for using either.


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