Re: [MacPerl] Competitors

[Chris Nandor <pudge@pobox.com>]

At 23.24 -0400 2000.05.30, Mike Pasini wrote:
>I'm holding a Perl tail in my hand and a client is spinning me around with
>PHP, Aestive and ColdFusion for a small relational donkey ... er, database
>... which I'd like to pin the tail on.
>
>It seems to me PHP, Aestiva and ColdFusion exist for people who don't know
>Perl (and, in this case, SQL). Otherwise I really don't know how they might
>complement Perl.

I agree completely.  PHP and the others look fine to me (I don't know
Aestiva), but offer me little, since I just use Perl.


>In fact, the client is attracted to the idea they might make minor mods to
>the entry/reporting system themselves if they invest in Aestiva or CF.
>Which scares me.

Note that there are some cool Perl thingys that let you separate code from
content and make it easier for clients and bosses to edit things on their
own.  HTML::Mason is a very popular one these days; there is an article in
the latest Perl Journal, just out in the least couple of weeks, that gives
an introduction to HTML::Mason.

BTW, there is a mailing list on http://macperl.org/ called macperl-webcgi,
and another called macperl-anyperl, either of which may be more appropriate
for such discussions.

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