Perl is a general purpose programming language; PHP is a niche language. The later has been struggling to expand out of its niche, why would anyone want to paint Perl into one?

Yes there's no dominant framework, but why does there have to be just one? The different frameworks have different strengths and weaknesses; TMTOWTDI is a feature. Even with the ascendance of Rails and its buzz in Ruby-land it's not the only game in town (c.f. Nitro and Og).

Additionally: Do we really want to return to the days when people inevitably thought "CGI" and "Web" and "Perl" (or more often, "PERL") are all the same thing and are unable to distinguish which their problem really has to do with?

In reply to Re: Perl mindshare in web development by Fletch
in thread Perl mindshare in web development by gunzip

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