Monks,
I have long been searching for a free (I'm a poor 15 year old) web host that supports both Perl and a database, preferably MySQL. I have come close, but have found a stumbling point. The site supports Perl and MySQL, but not together! They say this is because of performance issues

My question is this: is Perl much slower than PHP in databases? I would love to be able to work with Perl and MySQL, but unfortunately my budget's limited/non-existant. Can anyone testify to their performance issues or give a good link? Maybe if they're wrong they will begin to support it. Or does anyone know of a free host that supports Perl and MySQL? (This may not matter if jcwren ends up providing hosting, but it'd still be good to know)

- p u n k k i d
"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." -Albert Einstein

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