mod_perl is extremely fast. See the success stories at http://perl.apache.org.

Granted, mod_perl is extremely fast. I've only done very little mod_perl programming, but what I have done illustrated to me that mod_perl is not trivial to setup - it is very powerful, but with that power and performance comes some complexity. Just my opinion :-)

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.

Again, granted. Perl has had many great modules developed to enable people to program websites more easily. But, you have to choose one, and learn it, and then use it to create your website. With PHP, there is one way to do it - no other packages to know, or download - even if downloading and installing is only a 1-step process.

I'm not attacking Perl - really I'm not! I'm just trying to present PHP as a likable alternative to Perl *for web application programming*. PHP was designed from-the-ground-up for that purpose, whereas Perl was not. If you like Perl, then definitely Perl is a very stable, mature environment where you can find modules that either already do, or make easier, almost any task you need to have programmed - including web development.

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