Posted by Matt Garrish on 09/06/05 15:31

"eddiec" <chalk@no.spam.netspace.net.au> wrote in message
news:dfk170$2pi0$1@otis.netspace.net.au...
> hi everyone,
>
> given I have a choice in a new company if we will use mysql together with
> either perl or php does anyone have any thoughts which we should go for?
>
> pros of perl: looks cleaner: is closer to unix scripting
>
> any reason to go for php?
>
> any advice would be much appreciated
>

Were you expecting Perl people to recommend PHP? Or PHP people to recommend
Perl?

You should really assess what your business needs are choose the appropriate
language that way rather than throw troll bait out into newsgroups.

You could also google your way to endless comparisons, as this isn't a new
topic.

Matt

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