* be very fast, as we had compiled PHP into Apache.
mod_perl is extremely fast. See the success stories at http://perl.apache.org.
* be nice to program web applications with - right out of the box(with no additional modules or packages), you get the ability to mix PHP programming code in with html. This was new for me, but I quickly grew to like it - A LOT!
There are about 30 different ways of mixing HTML and Perl in the CPAN. And what's with this obsession with "out of the box"? I can type one CPAN command to install all of Mason or Template or HTML::Template or EmbPerl. And this way, I can choose which model I want to use, not a lock-in with the One Only Way of PHP.
* come stock with a lot of great web stuff, including a session management framework that allows you to setup session management in flat files or in the database of your choice, relatively easily.
Again, one command away, and I have everything you ask. Apache::Session and friends comes to mind.

-- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker

In reply to •Re: Re: •Re: Perl or php for database edits? by merlyn
in thread Perl or php for database edits? by KPeter0314

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