On 24-Mar-10, at 8:21 PM, Paul Cummins wrote:
> On 3/24/2010 7:43 PM, David Kane wrote:
>> A friend of mine once described PHP as 'brain-dead PERL', but I
>> like and use
>> both languages quite a bit.
>>
>> David.
>>
>> On 24 March 2010 23:17, Tim Spalding<tim_at_librarything.com> wrote:
>>
>>>> PHP. I have to agree with others - don't bother with PHP.
>>>
>>> Largest website in Perl: Del.icio.us
>>>
>>> Largest website in PHP: Facebook
>>>
>>> Tim
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> Ok, I know there are people that use PHP out there. :)
>
> I'd recommend PHP, especially to a beginner, but only if they are
> going to learn the whole LAMP system and how to make it work. Oh,
> and learn the changes between versions, like between 5.1 and 5.2.
> And read every comment on their manual pages.
> And never install a widely distributed PHP program unless you rename
> it(scanners know all the famous ones). We use the PHP CLI as a
> replacement for perl and for processing XML and a thousand other
> things without even going through Apache.
> But above all, if you do learn it and use it for years, don't tell
> the programmers in an email list that you did.
>
> -Paul
You could always claim that you write Python instead:
import os
os.system('/usr/local/bin/php utility.php')
Received on Wed Mar 24 2010 - 20:42:42 EDT