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Re:Why PHP won by kingkongrevenge on Friday January 16, 2009 @03:17PM (#437198)
PHP won because mod_php was well done. The language isn't especially relevant. Perl's mod_perl was simply a no go for the typical hosting scenario because it gives way too much power to users to screw up the server; you can't realistically set it up for basic shared hosting.

mod_perlite is a new piece of software that brings a php style system to perl. It's mod_perl made suitable for typical hosting needs.

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Re:Why PHP won by moder on Saturday January 17, 2009 @12:25AM (#437789)
Interesting. http://www.modperlite.org/

The interview by chromatic was quite informative. Unfortunately, they say that they're forced to repeatedly reinitialize the perl interpreter with every request. This would seem to defeat the purpose of having a persistent perl, no?

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