I noticed that you have PHP and ASP in your scripting area, just wondering why Perl didn't make the list has not perl shown itself to be true to the scripting world

Just wondering why.

Well to my opinion, it is because there are less and less people using PERL compared to PHP and ASP because PERL, to my opinion, is a pain in the neck...I have been trying to study perl for 3 months, and it felt like trying to build an atomic bomb...so I gave up. Then I read about PHP, and within 2 days, I fell in love with PHP. It is very flexible, powerful, has many nifty features, and the best thing is: Unlike Perl in which you must print out html tags in a Perl script, you can just embed PHP scripts in HTML...

So, a .PHP is basically an html page with PHP tags and scripts here and there. But perl, it is a .cgi page with html that has to be printed...It is a huge pain in the neck. Also, since Perl is an executable, servers only allow Perl to be executed in a directory (CGI-BIN)...PHP and ASP can be executed anywhere....

Perl is not just for Web pages.
If you only want Web pages then PHP is the better bet from the angle of simplicity. It's perfect for people starting out using server-side technologies.
Perl would be the next step (if you need to do more than just Web work ) to take after becoming fluent in PHP as there are many syntactic similarities.
I would have to say after working with several different scripting languages, on a mix of platforms, Perl is the most beautiful - but hey, as long as it gets the job done, in the way you want, use it!

PS
The cgi-bin thing just makes life easier for administrators and isn't a necessity, Perl possesses many inherent security features whereas PHP's ease of use can easily lead to a less secure site. But then, as long as we're not working on Windows we should be okay. ;-)

Well, I learned PERL first then php. PHP is much simplir and very basic. It does lead to ALOT of security holes though. Perl is VERY touchy and will not let you get away with cutting corners which in my opinion is great.

Anyone ever go to perlmonks.com ? Try saying you don't like perl there LOL

AC,

The decision was made to focus on ASP and PHP as scripting languages because traditionally, these are the languages most people use to create dynamic content on web pages. Certainly Perl is capable in that respect, but these other languages have traditionally filled those roles more aptly and certainly more widely than Perl. It's not a slight to Perl or its advoctes. It is more of a pragmatic choice given WT is a forum focused on webmastering.

Very nicly put Kyrnt

Just wondering why and I have now been answered, very well I might put Thanks!!