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At 02:43 PM 6/22/2006, Bartis, Robert M (Bob) wrote:
>If you will excuse my ignorance. I have no immediate need for this, but 
>have often asked what the pros/cons there are writing a WEB based 
>interface in PHP vs. say Perl. Do you have any insight into that?
>
>Thanks
>Bob

Bob,
         Ok, so you don't want info on databases, but on which language to 
use to build a web site? You must sit down and determine what the site will 
be used for and what features you *must have* in your website. Find a 
website out there that has the features and style you're looking for. For 
example, do you want to build something like a Yahoo (page mode), or a 
store front like an Amazon (web application)? Once you know what type of 
web site you want to build, you can better determine what tools to use. For 
web applications (Amazon) take a look at Ajax applications. For plain page 
driven web sites look at PHP.

         Perl is more of a do everything type of language that can be used 
for writing applications as well as web pages, whereas PHP is more stripped 
down for speed and is intended for building web pages. You will get faster 
performance from PHP and is quite popular for building web sites.

Mike