(The language is called "Perl", and the interpreter/compiler is called "perl". And both Perl and perl are case sensitive ;-)
A nice read is Perl vs. PHP, which discusses the differences to PHP. There's also a little older thread here: Perl/CGI Vs PHP Vs ASP.
(Updated: added reference)
In reply to Re: Popularity of Perl as opposed to other languages
by moritz
in thread Popularity of Perl as opposed to other languages
by demonlazeros
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