In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Rather than look for ammunition, I suggest that you consider whether
> or not the use of php in this shop is inevitable--I think it is--and
> concentrate instead on looking for ways to argue for the use of Perl and php
> together.
Surprisingly, that is exactly where my mind is at. :-) I definitely
think that perl and php should be leveraged *together* and not either/or.
THEIR argument against this is "having separate code-bases" requiring
differing levels of maintenance. Other than the fact that they have ONE
php programmer who knows and loves PHP, and two perl-knowledgable admins
who know and love Perl...
I make a strong point of writing maintainable and well-commented code.
There isn't one of you that wouldn't be able to tweak what I've written.
:-)
> Why? Several reasons:
>
> First, when you say "Perl fanatic", I suspect you might be presenting
> your case for Perl in much the same way that the php people are
> presenting theirs. You'll look better to others (such as the box's
> owner) by looking for a cooperative solution.
>
> Second, when you do get "ammunition" (why think of it as a war?), you
> will then be in a better (i.e., more credible) position to argue from. It
> sounds like he's presenting facts, and you're right to look for facts to
> counter with, but consider your presentation.
>
> Finally, if he's "damn good at what he does", I think there's a good
> chance you and the other Perl programmers and he can all learn from
> each other--I took a php course at OSCON this year, a disappointing
> one, granted, but I'm still glad I did.
Oh I definitely agree here. I'm interested in learning php, I just don't
have an available programming environment for php on the Macintosh,
since I'm not running a machine currently capable of OS X, and don't
have a spare linux box around to play with (although I'm trying to
remedy that). That and I need to spend some of my sparse and hard-earned
cash on a few books, or scour the local libraries for them.
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