note 92790 deleted from faq.languages by sobak

Note Submitter: steve at caralan dot com ---- Comparison of programming languages is a pretty spurious exercise, but here goes: I have programmed with Perl for many years and have yet to find anything I want to do that Perl can't deliver. It is justifiably described as the "Swiss Army Chainsaw" of programming. I am much less experienced with PHP but have found it to be relatively lightweight. PHP isn't Perl. However, in my opinion PHP is much easier to work with and does what it's designed to do more elegantly than Perl. PHP is usually the best option within the areas where PHP is designed to excel. I wouldn't want to be without either tool. Having both is the best solution.