I have been developing websites since 1995-1996. I used Perl in html page early on. It was great. In 2000, I tried PHP (it was all the buzz). I was excited at first, PHP let me slam together code in quick order. But not long after that, the new wore off as I noticed the lack of power PHP had and still does even at version 5. I still use Perl and it still amazes me with what I can do with it.