NewsFactor: Developer’s Dilemma: Perl or PHP?

“Speed, quality, price. Pick two. You have no doubt heard that
mantra before, but PHP and Perl offer all three.

“The question is, how do you choose between the two programming
languages, which are both insanely popular for Web development?

“Perl has been around much longer than PHP, and is by all
accounts more flexible. In fact, PHP actually started out as a Perl
application and was designed specifically for Web work. Perl is not
specifically tailored to working with Web sites, but it has other
advantages…”

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