Re: web programming

> 1) I'm getting better and better at perl - and it's a much more
> mature language than php.

To say the least :).  If you like the php (or cold fusion, etc..)
way of embedding the script in the HTML try mason (perl modules):

    http://www.masonhq.com/

It can take advantage of mod_perl if you're using Apache.  This makes
it very fast.
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