<quote>PHP is much more of a "hack solution", and compared to PHP, mod_perl is a very very powerful and clean implementation of Perl in Apache.</quote>

When was the last time you looked at PHP? PHP2/FI??? We're up to PHP4 now. Take a look at it. Its a very clean, extraordinarily powerful language, and extremely fast with Zend.

<sarcasm>Of course mod_perl is a more powerful implementation of Perl than PHP is. PHP isn't Perl.</sarcasm>

On a more serious note, what you just said is the biggest problem I have with talking to Perl hackers about PHP. They want PHP to be Perl. PHP is its own language, and does its own thing in its own way... if you try to use PHP like Perl, it sucks. If you try to use Perl like C, it sucks, too! Use PHP like PHP, and you'll see the beauty inherent in the language.

<quote>If you can't compile, learn how to do so.</quote>

Amen.