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Re:How I built the IMDb message boards, in 2001 by ars on Tuesday February 07, 2017 @01:26PM (#13591390)
Don't sell yourself short.

It's easy to see in hindsight that mod_perl was a mistake, but back then it was hardly obvious - in fact it seemed like mod_perl was poised to take over.

Personally I only switched to PHP around 2003/2004 when I realized it was more productive than perl, so I'm not faulting you at all.

I would have chosen the exact same language as you in 2001. Or maybe ColdFusion if it was a windows shop.

PS. Sorry for coming across as critical, I didn't mean it that way. I was talking only in a retrospective kind of view.

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Re:How I built the IMDb message boards, in 2001 by tyingq on Tuesday February 07, 2017 @06:24PM (#13594003)
Personally I don't think mod_perl was the issue. It was the lack of a decent lightweight framework for web apps. They did appear eventually (Dancer, Mojolicious), but too late once they were mature enough.
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