On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 12:05, Blanford <[email protected]> wrote: > I do not love PHP, this is just the way it is.
I heard about several people using PHP at places where performance matters. There is a thing (don't remember the name) that compiles PHP to C++. Anyway, there are plenty of applications written in PHP. It is modern to write everything as web application and PHP is quite easy to learn and there are plenty of developers around knowing (more or less) coding in PHP. Although Java is from my point of view the much better language and has a wider field of application, there are some barriers (for new developers). For example, for PHP you just need an Apache Web-Server with PHP enabled. Nearly every web hoster offers that. For a Java web application your needed stack is usually bigger, e.g. you need Tomcat and several frameworks. Then there is the problem of which web application framework to choose. Although I like the choice, the choice is not so easy. Let's say, PHP is just the way of less obstacles for those who want to get started as well as up and running quickly. That for sure does not mean, it is really the best choice. And a lot of things start small where the developers do not think of scalability right at the beginning. They need to improve performance and efficiency later. For Wikipedia: I don't know, how many servers they have. I remember times, when Wikipedia was awful slow. -- Martin Wildam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
