I agree with Anonymous Monk. It really is in which language do the programmers feel most comfortable with. If they're comfortable with all then let them pick.

I'm sure I'm going to get downvoted for saying this, but my prefered language for any kind of DB to web work is PHP. Perl I prefer for most any other back end work. I'm just more comfortable with doing that stuff in PHP (and PHP's syntax for this stuff seems easier to me).

IMHO either will handle the task. The language is also not the only factor to consider. The database and the webserver should also be evaluated as well as how well they all interact. I haven't used PostgreSQL (mainly b/c we're stuck with MySQL and Oracle) so I can't comment on how well it plays with Perl or any other language.

Some semi-interesting links:
http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue67/nielsen.html
http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue69/nielsen.html

In reply to Re^2: Advice of picking the language for my job, please by xorl
in thread Advice of picking the language for my job, please by gb_lexter

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