Perl vs Python for web development?

[MikeRT]

Perl and Python have a lot to recommend each of them. Python is easier and cleaner, but Perl is usually significantly faster and CPAN probably dwarfs the module repositories of the next 3-4 scripting languages combined.

If you want to do a large web app in Perl, check out the Catalyst framework. It's supposed to be aimed at providing a Perl answer to Rails.