Youll find knowing both languages will be handy in development. Im not a huge fan of having to program in perl, however, at times, its far easier to use perl than any other language. An example of that, would be to create a small server client program that possibly parses or extrapolates data from a stream or file.. Perl is extremely strong in this area. When scripting serverside programs for the web, i use php over perl 100% of the times. There is vast differences between the two, this doesnt make one better than the other in all circumstances, quite the opposite.
Jason On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 09:51:00 -0700, Justin Patrin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 13:31:20 +0200 (CEST), Jurgen Stroo > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "End of the commercial break, we're going back to the news headlines" > > > > But hey, what to expect on a PHP list, right? > > Well, at least a story that makes sense. > > > > This is crap, so to speak. Syed, I suggest you should search on Google > > (for example, search for "PHP vs Perl" on groups) and see what people are > > talking about, and please try to find objectivity. > > What is said here is mostly wrong, and without starting a > > flame war again (Lost of megs and time are already used for this on the > > Net), perl is not mature, limited or inflexible (why do you think perl > > was able to evaluate to incorpate full OO, oh well). > > > > I don't know why you say Perl is not mature....I suppose it depends on > what you call mature. Perl has been around forever and it works as > advertised. It also has lots of support libraries. > > Blech....I don't see it as a very good OO implementation. Just > functions are kuldgy. It feels very bolted-on to the core language to > me. > > > Keep the following in mind when you do your search: > > > > - Each language has its purposes, and so each languages has its strengths > > and weaknesses > > - Be cautious with benchmarking, lots of benchmarks are comparing apples > > and eggs (compare PHP performance to plain Perl, instead of mod_perl for > > example) > > - Statistics of what is being installed does not say about if it's really > > used. > > - Drawbacks for someone can be nice features for someone else, and vice > > versa. > > > > Please find out for yourself, and don't draw any conclusions based on > > the answer below. You should check them both, at least to know which > > language "fits" your purpose, and may be other things come into play in > > your situation also, knowledge around, time you got (perl may take a bit > > more time to learn), what to do with it in the future and so on and so > > forth. > > > > Jurgen > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > " When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a > > minute. > > But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute and it's longer than any hour. > > That's relativity." [A. Einstein, 1938] > > > > http://jurgenstroo.com > > > > > > > > This one time, at band camp, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > > > > PHP is more of a "binding" language that takes advantage of many different > > > coding practices and puts them together. PHP is not jealous and does not > > > separate or shun itself from other languages and borrows many of the ideas, > > > schemes, similar libraries, etc. from these other languages. And yet, it is > > > completely unique in its own way. Its easy-to-learn, low-cost and > > > cross-platform identity has made it very popular in recent years. > > > > > > Perl is a great but is more of a mature language that has been around for > > > the longest time and it doesn't have the same flexibility as PHP does on the > > > web. You will find that PHP will far out-pace Perl coding, saving you both > > > time and money. PHP works concurrently with free solution components such as > > > Linux OS, Apache Web Server, MySQL Database and others (LAMP - > > > Linux-Apache-MySQL-PHP). These components all work together beautifully, > > > yielding fast and stable applications. Invest some time into it and see what > > > we mean. > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Syed Ghouse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 2:06 AM > > > To: php mailinglists > > > Subject: [PHP] what is difference between php and perl > > > > > > Hi all > > > > > > will anybody tell me the difference between perl and php > > > > > > Regards > > > Syed > > > > > > -- > > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > !DSPAM:40ffa442131291382852559! > > > > > > > > -- > DB_DataObject_FormBuilder - The database at your fingertips > http://pear.php.net/package/DB_DataObject_FormBuilder > > paperCrane --Justin Patrin-- > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
