Has nothing to do with hate. I use apache at work; though I'd switch if it were, or when it becomes, easy enough to justify. I used apache in personal projects for 10+ years. It's a terrific bag of software. nginx's performance is so much better than apache's, especially concurrent service, it's hard to believe. Liking X more doesn't mean I don't like Y, it just means I recognize X is a better choice (in most cases). Perl performance under any webserver does not change. Well, unless you consider that you can't even use CGI in nginx. That means Perl is persistent by default so, in a manner of speaking, yes, it's better there. :P