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Just becuase PHP has 2000000 functions built into it (ScratchBackOfCat() j/k) doesnt mean its better than/replacing perl. In my personal experiance Im more comfotroble with perl and can use it better than PHP.

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At my job, I only work on Unix machines, and perl is usually installed as a default on any Unix/Linux box.

In addition, we use perl to create many scripts, either simple utility scripts or actual production scripts. I know this thread is debating the use of perl AND CGI, but the handy thing about our perl jobs, is that if we ever want output from one of our existing jobs to be available on the web, it will only take a few changes to the script, and it is web-ready. I think for companies that write perl programs, perl and perl/CGI won't be going anywhere soon.
ASP isn't used on Unix (that I know of), and PHP can be used as a scripting language like we use perl, but I don't think to many people write PHP scripts that wouldn't be used on the web.

I think perl/CGI will stick around for a while, since perl is such a powerful scripting language that can also be used in the Common Gateway Interface.

perl being replaced by php..for me, i think php fits my needs...php is newer than perl and it's easy and new... why not use it than perl...

php is the best cuz newer and easy to use and understand

"cuz its newer..."

what kind of argument is that?

if you somewhat follow bugtraq: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1

you will see that there are new exploits found every day in php... perl is older, stronger, faster and more reliable than php. there is nothing comparable to cpan.org...

dead? i dont think so. its harder to learn, but if you know both there is absolutly no need to use php.

I used to use perl alot for my webserver but recently iv switched to PHP I think perl is a great console scripting language but for websites i think PHP is definitly getting an advantage.