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PHPeverywhere: Comparing PHP with Perl for Dynamic Web Pages
(Jan 5th, 18:02:18 )

"It's impossible to remain totally impartial about wine. It's even worse when we talk about programming languages, particular ones as popular as Perl and PHP. You just cannot be impartial, so I have to admit that I like PHP better."

"Perl is one of the most useful programming languages ever created. The email system I use at work is glued together by Perl scripts. The regular expression support in Perl is the best in the world. I have used Matt Wright's FormMail (who hasn't?) However for generating web pages Perl has a lot of deficiencies compared to PHP. ..."

"... If you are a Perl expert, Perl probably is the best software for generating dynamic HTML because you can leverage all your experience and do work quickly."

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