in reply to Re: The Limitations of the CPAN
in thread The Limitations of the CPAN

Perl is more accessible to the below-average programmer.

The popularity of PHP suggests otherwise.

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Re^3: The Limitations of the CPAN
by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Nov 17, 2004 at 18:39 UTC
    Just cause PHP is more accessible has nothing to do with the fact that Perl is still extremely accessible. :-)

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      That's quite true. As a below-average programmer myself, and one that has used (and still uses) both Perl and PHP for various projects, I know from personal experience that Perl is very accessible to below-average programmers (like me) and that PHP is even more so.

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