The key idea behind UBB's design is simple - it can run nearly anywhere.
Going to PHP would severely limit the available audience.
Re: use of mod_perl.. by the time your UBB is large enough to require the speed of a language built into the web daemon, you probably need a dedicated server anyway.
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