A pretty nifty blog post entitled Why PHP Won lists 4 main points as to why the adoption of PHP for most Web projects today outpaces those built on Perl CGI.

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I also begin with Perl CGI/FastCGI on my first major project. I haven’t worked in that environment for over 2 years now and don’t see going back unless for some reason it’s something I walk into. The LAMP stack is cheap, fast, and pretty universally accepted for fast and nimble development projects.