Why Perl? ... Why not Perl?
I don't want to get into the whole "language" school debate here. We all know how that goes.
I will only say that PHP rocks for many scripts, and I have scripts I use and scripts I have for sale that utilize PHP. On many things, but not in all, it is preferred. On some things I prefer Perl hower too.
For this particular script/project, its functionality has nothing to do with real-time delivery but backend management. It needs the power that Perl can deliver. To put it another way, this is not a car that needs fuel-injection, more of a commerical truck that needs to carry and pull heavy loads.
BD, yes, I still utilize the guys at PerlCoders consistently. However as they currently have their plate full, both with their own clients aside from me as well as with work I already have them doing, my needs are such that I require additional programming muscle at this point. Thanks for asking.
