Actually, a lot of web based stuff is done in PHP... and I try not to sound TOO sarcastic about the a lot. Perl is loads more than just CGI... and CGI is a tad more than just perl (ofcourse 99.9% of the CGI scripts happen to be in perl). CGI/Perl and PHP are not comparable (trying to stay out of a holy war here). I'm sure PHP is good for some web based stuff but I try to prefer perl (in all it's forms, including mod_perl - which happens to be loads faster than PHP). Every PHP geek will claim PHP is better for so many reasons, every perl geek knows better.

Greetz
Beatnik
... I'm belgian but I don't play one on TV.

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