[gentoo-user] New project in perl? {OT}

[Grant]

I'm sorry this is OT but I really value the opinion of many people
subscribed to this list.

I'm starting a new project that is quite straightforward and will
interface with an old project.  The only point of contact between the
two projects might be both of them having access to the same database
table.  The old project is written in a language that is related to
perl so I can imagine there would be some benefit to using perl for
the new project.  Am I foolish to start a new project in perl at this
stage in its lifecycle?  I won't be doing the coding myself and I
wonder if I would be better off with PHP since more coders seem to be
familiar with PHP than perl.

- Grant