I have a uni project comming up soon that involves some sort of database driven website. The group that I'm in for this project have narrowed our options down to either Perl or jsp.We all have experience in java (yet none in jsp) while two of us have experience in CGI using Perl.I haven't looked much into jsp but I'm guessing (hoping?) that there is a cgi.pm equivilent which will do the ground work for us.

Doing some reading around the web I've come across sites listing the advantages of jsp varing from "jsp runs faster than Perl" to "Java programmers are paid more than Perl prgrammers".I wonder if any monks with a foot in both camps could give me a *less* biased view of the two technologies.

IMOHO it would be a lot easier to do this type of thing in Perl than Java and even though I think it would be good to learn to use jsp, an assessed uni project might not be the best time :)

Many thanks,
Nomis52

In reply to CGI (Perl) vs JSP by Nomis52

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