Monday, Monday, April 22, 2002, 7:11:11 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>2- Is there yet or will there ever be any other clients than Perl? I > I also think php would be a better choice for the future for the following > reasons:
> - Perl is mainly based to the (very good) work of 1 Guru. Of course others > are working on it, but there is not such a good comunication between the > developper / co-developpers and end-users like it is in PHP > - PHP is the result of a group of people, better organized, very well support > (like f.ex. the http://php.net/anyfunction). And this group has the spirit > to react to actual need and to wishes of the user community. Even if one of > the core developpers will retire, PHP will go on. Whereas Perl in my opinion > has already become to be a 'hobby' programming language. It is nice, > but there is no more power to follow close to the need of the internet. > So myself and lots of my collegues have abandonned any Perl. > Young programmers do not learn any more much Perl. In a few years > it will be difficult to find a young programmer who will be able make changes > to Perl for a reasonable price. > - another advantage of PHP might be, that in my opinion the PHP developpers > are closer following the developpement of MySQL, which is meanwhile > vital for many web applications. As someone who codes in both, almost daily, let me assure you, your fears are unfounded with regard to perl. -- Best regards, William X Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- OpenSRS installation and customizations Payment Processing Integration Apache Installation and Support Services http://www.wxsoft.com/
