[thelist] php or perl/cgi?

[Dan Romanchik]

I'm not so sure that perl is all that much more available anymore. Having
said that, if you've never done a lot of programming, especially on Unix
systems, and if you're primarily going to be doing Web stuff, then PHP is
definitely the way to go.

Dan
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----- Original Message -----
From: "David Dorward" <evolt at david.us-lot.org>
To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 4:36 AM
Subject: Re: [thelist] php or perl/cgi?


> 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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