PERL Vs PHP

[hc2995]

Ok i hear that there are things that PERL can do that PHP cant and vicevera. I only run PHP and MySQL on my PC (mostly becouse i cant seem to figure out CGI/PERL) So what im asking is what are the PROs and CONs of using PERL.


What i also want to know is how do i use a "CGI-bin"?
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Where have i been? School got heck-tick, had to move half way around the state, then back... and then i had to change jobs, so iv been away for a while :P

[pkSML]

You can look at many forums for heated debates on PHP vs. Perl. I use both - why not have the best of both worlds? I have some scripts on my server. Some use PHP and some use Perl. There is no damage done to your computer by having both.

My opinions: I wouldn't say there are any cons to Perl. It is more powerful because it was designed to do more. PHP was just designed for the web. In short, PHP is more efficient for website coding because of built-in functions, but Perl is more powerful and complex.

For more information on CGI, check out http://computer.howstuffworks.com/cgi.htm/printable. CGI is just an implementation or method to bridge server (Abyss) to software (PHP or Perl). Both PHP and Perl can run in CGI mode.

Too bad you're not using Abyss to host your site!
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[hc2995]

yep im all abyss :D even tho i may switch over to apache every now andagain (plan to use that as defult once i get my linux stuff) but yea i dont have a domain yet so i just got some company to do frame redirect
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Where have i been? School got heck-tick, had to move half way around the state, then back... and then i had to change jobs, so iv been away for a while :P