Re: OT: Perl or PHP

2001-03-27 Thread will trillich
On Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 01:27:02PM +0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hi. sorry for the off-topic post. i'm embarking on a journey > to be a web developer and would like to know if i should use > mod.perl or mod.php for cgi? i've searched and read alot of > faqs and so far they're all just howtos

Re: OT: Perl or PHP

2000-12-08 Thread Ernest Johanson
one will seem more appropriate. Ernest Johanson Web Systems Administrator Fuller Theological Seminary On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, D-Man wrote: > Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 23:34:14 -0500 > From: D-Man <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Sub

Re: OT: Perl or PHP

2000-12-07 Thread D-Man
I would recommend not using Perl. Perl can let you do lots of complex text manipulation really easily, but it is a nightmare to debug, let alone maintain. It does too much magic with a lack of data types and automagic variables. I would recommend Python if you want to do CGI scripting. But as

Re: OT: Perl or PHP

2000-12-05 Thread Sven Hoexter
On Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 01:27:02PM +0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hi. sorry for the off-topic post. i'm embarking on a journey to be a web > developer and would like to know if i should use mod.perl or mod.php for cgi? Uh, this depends on what you wan't to do. One basic thing: cgi stands foc c

OT: Perl or PHP

2000-12-05 Thread helixfish
hi. sorry for the off-topic post. i'm embarking on a journey to be a web developer and would like to know if i should use mod.perl or mod.php for cgi? i've searched and read alot of faqs and so far they're all just howtos. the only conclusion i can come up with is with php u can use it directly