[Klug-general] Web Scripting Languages

[Matthew Macdonald-Wallace]

OK Folks,

Following on from my emails about securing an apache server, and the
comments recieved about PHP not necessarily being the most secure or
system efficient web-application development platform, what do people
think of the following languages?

1) Python - my very limited understanding of this language leads me to
believe that this is very powerful, very quick and fairly easy to use.

2) PHP - The language I know best.  Very powerful, however it's not
without security risks.  I have been led to believe that the majority of
these have been patched in the more recent versions, however it is
resource intensive.

3) CGI - as I understand it, this is mainly done in Perl. It seems to be
incredibly powerful and does everything that PHP does but in a more
efficient way, provided that you can program the code accordingly.

4) SSI - easy to use and learn, doesn't need external programs as it is
integreated into Apache.

Is it a case of "Use what you know", "Use the right tool for the right
job", or "Use this language because it's just the best damn language on
the net right now!!!"?

Answers on a postcard to the usal address.

Cheers,

Matt (Determined to get more involved with F/OSS)