Sun 2003-06-29 20:50, Jasen Betts (3:640/1042) wrote to Neil Heller:

 NH>> What is php?

 JB> "perl hack program" or something like it.

Your search - "perl hack program" - did not match any documents.

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http://www.google.com.au/search?q=%22perl+hack+program%22&ie=ISO-8859-1&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search

"PHP, which stands for "PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor" is a
widely-used Open Source general-purpose scripting language that is
especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML. Its
syntax draws upon C, Java, and Perl, and is easy to learn. The main goal of
the language is to allow web developers to write dynamically generated
webpages quickly, but you can do much more with PHP."

- http://www.php.net/manual/en/preface.php

 JB> AIUI a perl derivative targeted to interactive tasks. (perl was
 JB> originally targeted at file munching)

It's no Perl derivative.  It doesn't resemble Perl at all.  Maybe you're
thinking of something else?

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