xsprite@bigfoot.com writes:

to get perl working with apache, you only need execcgi and #!/usr/bin/perl afaik. although you can speed up with mod_perl.

This is true of many scripting languages. All of them are quite well-suited to web-based development.

additionally, perl syntax is a mix of sh/c/awk/sed/etc.

s/mix/nightmare/ I know Tcl has 5 basic syntax rules (but is very simple). I believe that scheme has a similar number, definitely below 10 I think. Anyone know how many perl has? -- MJR