Aleeious has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I am interested in creating a very simple browser based text mmorpg. Nothing too fancy just a very simple one. I know php is what most people suggest for this type of project. However i am interested in knowing if this is possible in perl. Oh wise all knowning monks, please give me your advice.

Sincerely,

Aleeious

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Re: Simple Browser Based Text MMORPG
by Anonymous Monk on Feb 17, 2012 at 04:18 UTC

    However i am interested in knowing if this is possible in perl.

    Of course it is possible, now you know :)

Re: Simple Browser Based Text MMORPG
by pemungkah (Priest) on Feb 17, 2012 at 23:11 UTC
    Assuming this isn't trolling, it's possible in anything. You might consider Erlang as it handles multiplicity very well and allows you to do stuff like hot code swapping; since you're saying text MMORPG, it's probably a play project anyway, and you might as well get some interesting education out of it.
Re: Simple Browser Based Text MMORPG
by CountZero (Bishop) on Feb 17, 2012 at 22:27 UTC
    Since PHP was originally written in Perl, anything written in PHP can be be (re)written in Perl.

    CountZero

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      Since PHP was originally written in Perl, anything written in PHP can be be (re)written in Perl.

      FWIW, the OP was trolling, mentioning PHP is bait :)