A couple of people have mentioned that it would be a good idea to 'add another tool to the tool box' (or whatever semi-random metaphor they feel like using), but my question is, how does adding php help you? I mean, what you can you do in php you cant do in perl, aside from some syntactical differences as noted above, function != sub etc, how does learning php help above perl? _I_ only see two real advantages of php, one is that it allows you to easily embed your script within html without having to print print print all the time, and the other is that its a small, lightyweight and easy to learn language, so its not that hard for newbies to pick up. For the first point, ill just mention templates and perlscript and leave it at that, for the second point, well, not much you can do, with power comes some complexity. Thoughts? Im not particurally trying to start a holy war or what not, I just tend to look at php as a web only subset of perl.

In reply to Re: Preaching Perl gospel to PHP converts... by BUU
in thread Preaching Perl gospel to PHP converts... by vladb

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