Re^4: Preaching Perl gospel to PHP converts...

Perl runs archive.com, Google, eToys and a bunch of other huge sites. The first anywhere nearly comparable site I've heard of switching to PHP is Yahoo, and their real work (the backend) is still all Perl.

Contender to Java? I've yet to see a single high traffic site running on serverside Java technology. And in other news, I offer Perl in the pole position.

Perl doesn't hype itself. Perl just gets the work done.

Makeshifts last the longest.

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Re: Re^4: Preaching Perl gospel to PHP converts... by Anonymous Monk on Feb 06, 2003 at 16:40 UTC
Perl runs archive.com, Google, eToys and a bunch of other huge sites. Perl runs Google? Wow! That's news to me. Somebody ought to write something about it on Perl.com or somewhere else. I mean damn. That's big news! Last time I checked I heard that Google used a lot of C/C++, Java, and Python, but I didn't hear anything about Perl taking over. When did this happen? Are they also using mod_perl? Someone should tell the mod_perl people! Is eToys back in business again? If I only had a nickel for each time I heard merlyn talk about the 2000 Christmas season. You guys are living in the past. At one of my Perl monger meetings, I met a guy who never touched PHP or Java, and he actually believed that Perl runs most of the Web. He was being serious. You and him should do lunch sometime. I've yet to see a single high traffic site running on serverside Java technology. You can't be serious. Dude, Java is very popular. Wake up and smell the coffee! What language do you think runs IBM's WebSphere Application Server? Or the US Postal Service website? Java is the language behind many high traffic websites . . .I can keep going on and on, but I have to get back to work . . .	[reply]

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Re: Re^4: Preaching Perl gospel to PHP converts...
by Anonymous Monk on Feb 06, 2003 at 16:40 UTC

Perl runs archive.com, Google, eToys and a bunch of other huge sites.

Perl runs Google? Wow! That's news to me. Somebody ought to write something about it on Perl.com or somewhere else. I mean damn. That's big news! Last time I checked I heard that Google used a lot of C/C++, Java, and Python, but I didn't hear anything about Perl taking over. When did this happen? Are they also using mod_perl? Someone should tell the mod_perl people!

Is eToys back in business again? If I only had a nickel for each time I heard merlyn talk about the 2000 Christmas season. You guys are living in the past. At one of my Perl monger meetings, I met a guy who never touched PHP or Java, and he actually believed that Perl runs most of the Web. He was being serious. You and him should do lunch sometime.

I've yet to see a single high traffic site running on serverside Java technology.

You can't be serious. Dude, Java is very popular. Wake up and smell the coffee! What language do you think runs IBM's WebSphere Application Server? Or the US Postal Service website? Java is the language behind many high traffic websites . . .I can keep going on and on, but I have to get back to work . . .

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