Contemporary library web development: a Series of Hoses. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series_of_tubes
MJ On 2010-03-25, at 11:00 AM, Joe Hourcle wrote: > On Thu, 25 Mar 2010, Brian Stamper wrote: > >> On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:51:38 -0400, Mark Tomko <mark.to...@simmons.edu> >> wrote: >> >>> I wouldn't recommend PHP to learn as a programming language, if your goal >>> is to have a general purpose programming language at your disposal. PHP is >>> a fine language for building dynamic web pages, but it won't help you to >>> slice and dice a big text file or process a bunch of XML or do some other >>> "odd job" that you don't want to do by hand. >> >> To be precise, PHP can indeed do these kind of things, particularly in >> command line mode. I certainly don't recommend it, but if you're used to PHP >> for other reasons, and you already have it available to you, you can do 'odd >> jobs' with PHP. You can also use your teeth to open a tight bottle cap, the >> edge of a knife as a screwdriver, and duct tape to perform auto repairs. > > You say that as if duct tape is a bad thing for auto repairs. Not all duct > tape repairs are candidates for "There, I fixed it!"[1]. It works just fine > for the occassional hose repair. > > -Joe > > [1] http://thereifixedit.com/
