RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] web development language of choice

["Ross, Matt" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Depends on how you want to write your perl, this isn't the best way, but if
you don't care about modules, it's perfect.

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#!/usr/bin/perl

print "content-type: html/text\n\nhello world";
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Granted, you have to say the content type, but that allows for variable
output.  I can output to any format (if I know its syntax), and have perl
scripts which output PDF and other formats.  Still haven't got the Word Doc
format to work though, but again, I don't know its syntax.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Monroe [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 1:46 PM
> To: EMAIL:PROTECTED
> Subject: Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] web development language of choice
> 
> 
> The errors are still pretty cryptic compared to a C++ 
> compile-time errors.
> Considering most of the time I've worked with PHP has been fixing my
> errors, its annoying.
> 
> I think PHP is so popular because it is so easy to get started. 
> <?php
> echo "hello world";
> ?>
> 
> Bam. Very low entry barriers. I saw Jay do a hello world in 
> perl and it
> required all kinds of includes and whatnot. 
> 
> I wish PHP was more OOP, as it would make some stuff easier and my
> programs look cleaner. 
> 
> Ian Monroe
> http://mlug.missouri.edu/~eean/
> 
> On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, Igor Izyumin Jr. wrote:
> 
> > > As the site isn't PHP-biased as far as I can tell (like a php.net
> > > poll would be) those numbers interest me.
> > Yes, they are strange.  Hotscripts.com was mostly a 
> CGI/Perl site as far as I 
> > can remember.  However, it's pretty obvious why it is so.  
> Perl is not a web 
> > language, and is much harder to learn.  PHP is very easy, 
> and quite powerful. 
> >  Not to mention that you actually get sensible errors out 
> of it, not just an 
> > "Internal Server Error" when it doesn't work.
> > -- 
> > -- Igor
> > --
> 
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