>> Monks know that this is not a “Perl vs. PHP” thread ... and, Monks know why.

Well one interesting question is: "Why isn't Perl used as much as PHP is for web development"? It got there first. It had the limelight. I'd argue it's technical merits better than PHP: language, CPAN, community. But look at the usage statistics for languages in the web sphere and you'll see PHP way out in front.

PHP has proven it's usefulness in the web space. But why is it being overwhelmingly chosen over Perl for this task? Maybe monks don't perceive this as a problem. I think it's kind of a shame given the head start Perl had and technical merits of the language.

In reply to Re^2: Perl and London Broil: The future of computing magic? by zerohero
in thread Perl and London Broil: The future of computing magic? by fozz

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