Re: Re: perl vs php. just the facts, ma'am.

[jadams01]

Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 09:51:15PM +0700, Hasanuddin Tamir wrote:

>> If Perl isn't as popular as Java, why the poll on the Sun's website
>> said otherwise, even more?

> Ah, well that's quite another story.

> And it probably tells more about the sort of people who use the
> langauges, and possibly about how easy it it to knock up little apps
> in each.

Yes to the first part, but I doubt it to the second. The existence of
the poll became known and people made an effort to link to it. That
does speak to the sort of people who use Perl--community-minded and
all that--but I don't believe the poll was 'nandored'.

All the best,

             John A