[oak perl] Requests for Advise: Perl CGI or PHP?

[Eugene]

Hi Zed,
Thanks for your response.

I don't have to distribute the site.
However the space I have
(which is free to me -- and I like that price)
has PHP and Perl but not mod_perl.

> How well do you know each?
Probably, well enough to do the simple things
I'll constrain myself to.
Well, I'll probably end up looking up a few things.

You say PHP is a godawful mess
and that it's evil.
I'm not clear what that means,
however it sounds like 
if I keep it simple it won't likely bite me.
Let me know if I'm confused on this.

Eugene

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On Sunday 27 November 2005 11:27 pm, Zed Lopez wrote:
> Hi Eugene,
>
> With the sole exception of an application to be distributed to users
> in hosted environments, which tend to have mod_php installed a lot
> more often than mod_perl, I don't consider PHP to be a reasonable
> choice for anything -- it's a godawful mess of a language that manages
> to take pretty much all of Perl's flaws and magnify them a
> thousandfold.
> Now that my bias is on the table, you could do what you
> want with either.
>
> How well do you know each? The learning curve is probably a little
> shallower with PHP, but if you already have a working knowledge of
> Perl, you'll have no problem learning what you need. Last I was
> looking for a job, PHP was a more salable skill (if career development
> is a consideration.) But I think Perl is fun, and PHP is evil.
>
> So pick whichever catches your fancy -- like I said, either could
> manage your website, and you're not likely to find any issues in this
> domain where one becomes suddenly clearly superior.
>
> On 11/27/05, Eugene <eugene at metaart.org> wrote:
> > I'm thinking of upgrading my personal website,
> > mostly to make it easier to maintain.
> > I want to do this upgrade now while the site is small.
> > Initially, I'll likely focus on
> > header information and navigation.
> > I'm considering using either Perl CGI or PHP
> > as the basis for my upgrade.
> >
> > Later, I don't know exactly what I'll want to do.
> > However, whatever I do will likely be simple.
> > For example, I do not expect to need to interface
> > with a database.
> >
> > == Requests   <<<<<<
> > (1) I'd appreciate your thoughts on
> >       whether Perl CGI and PHP are reasonable choices.
> > (2) If you feel they are reasonable choices,
> >       I'd appreciate any insights
> >       that might assist me in choosing between them.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Eugene
> >
> > P.S. So far, there's not much on my site,
> > though, at least, there are no under construction signs.
> > If you feel it would be useful to look at what I've created so far,
> > there is a link to my personal site
> > in my profile on the Oakland.pm site.
> >
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