PHP vs Perl (Put on flame proof gear)

[Ross Werner]

On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 11:12:23 -0800, garth h <thaabit at gmail.com> wrote:
>> And perl and PHP *really* aren't /that/ different. (Oops, I hope I
>> didn't just fan the flames.)
>
> Is that a joke?  Have you used both languages?

Not a joke, and yes I have. Especially with PHP 5, most Perl programs I've  
seen are far closer to being translated straight across to a PHP program  
(and vice-versa) than they are to, say, Java, C, or even Ruby. I'm not  
saying they're exactly identical, heaven forbid, or that the userbase of  
both is even remotely similar, but as far as languages go they are quite  
similar.

Which languages do you think are more similar to PHP than Perl is? and  
which languages do you think are more similar to Perl than PHP is?

	~ Ross