"Derek D. Martin" wrote: > > > I think the problem you are seeing is that your average web designer > > cannot code worth a damn. > > I definitely agree that this is a huge factor. But that does not go > very far to explain why there have been reletively few Perl-related > advisories recently as compared to PHP-related advisories.
No, because apples aren't oranges. Perl as an embedded scripting language has a tiny penetration compared to PHP or ASP -- and most embedded scription, or at least more and more of it, is moving to Java-based stuff. Perl in Web servers is mostly CGI scripts, and those are on the way out. > Has the web community abandoned Perl in favor of PHP? I > seriously doubt it. Fruit differential again. Far and away the majority of PHP usage is embedded scripting; contrariwise, most Perl usage is CGI. CGI is being abandoned in favour of embedded scripting, which means toward ASP, PHP, and Java (servlets, JSP, ...). > Does it mean that no one is looking at the code of Perl to find holes? > Given how many machines have Perl installed these days, I doubt that > too. I believe that it is because Perl is mature, and PHP isn't. Your privilege. I'll agree to a certain extent -- but the comparable alternatives are even less mature than PHP. -- #ken P-)} Ken Coar, Sanagendamgagwedweinini http://Golux.Com/coar/ Author, developer, opinionist http://Apache-Server.Com/ "Millennium hand and shrimp!" ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
