perl/cgi was a thing for a few years, but even by the late 90s was losing ground to PHP. PHP's been gaining ground year on year for a decade. Will it remain in this position forever? Nope. Another several years? I think so.
It's far too entrenched in too many operations to be easily replaced. Perl didn't get that foothold, simply because there weren't as many developers or websites back then. Well... "simply" - there are myriad reasons why Perl didn't retain its early mindshare and install lead.
It's far too entrenched in too many operations to be easily replaced. Perl didn't get that foothold, simply because there weren't as many developers or websites back then. Well... "simply" - there are myriad reasons why Perl didn't retain its early mindshare and install lead.