Wed, 08 Dec 1999 22:53:00 +0000

I actually thought about putting this in my previous message but I didn't due to a lack of time this morning:

PERL has to be started each time a script wants to use it (as Elara stated). However, you can use the mod_perl module which will make it stay resident in the servers memory, like PHP is by default. However, I should mention that PHP can also be setup so that it must be started each time before it is executed... This is referred to as the CGI version of PHP. Most hosts don't support it just because it make PHP resource intensive, like PERL.

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JP Stones — Wed, 08 Dec 1999 22:19:00 +0000

Hi all,
Why is it that ASP is so much slower than Perl?
JP

elara — Wed, 08 Dec 1999 16:34:00 +0000

Chad is right, Perl is a very flexible scripting language, thus its more memory consuming. However the largest problem with Perl/CGI on web servers is whenever a CGI request is made by a web client the server faces the load of spawning a new process of the Perl program. This could give heavy loads to a server if your site gets big. PHP addressed the problem by staying in the server's memory, therefore the php program would not be needed to restart everytime a request occured.
Actually Perl is not suitable for web applications unless you use mod_perl.

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Wed, 08 Dec 1999 13:57:00 +0000

PHP is much easier on a server than PERL! There is no question about it. PERL is a more sophisticated language and it requires more CPU processing cycles and/or time.

Ask a general question, get a general answer, two weeks later.

PS: Sorry, I haven't been watching this forum as close as I should.

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