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Originally posted by sde
i started to actively learn perl, but it seemed like i could do all that with php, .. is there things that perl does especially well compared to php?
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Not particularly. That's why I'm afraid it's losing popularity. Perl is an older, more mature language, but the fact is I think PHP can do all the same stuff, PHP does many things faster and better (especially with MySQL), and it's a little easier to program because it's more forgiving with regard to syntax errors.
Perl is still probably the best choice for tasks that don't involve serving web pages, like cleaning up files, rotating logs, various cron jobs, etc. But I think on the Web Perl is becoming a dinosaur.