PHP cannot really be compared to C/C++. Yes the two are object oriented, but most php application are web based, and php is not a compiled language, it is more like python in that respect. Also, PHP needs an interpreter every time you use it, where as with C/C++ one can create a binary which can be run without a compiler.
It is often very helpful when developers write their (GUI) software in Java instead of other languages, i.e., C/C++. I say this because developers often write their software for/from the windows platform, and from a 32bit machine. Being a 64bit Linux users it is nice that I can run a Java app regardless of the developers platform. It is also much easier to write a GUIs in Java rather then C/C++, IMO. If developers are willing to write the software in C/C++ for the Linux platform for both 32bit and 64bit machines, I can go without Java. Chris... On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 9:43 PM, Trevor Benedict <mre...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't really call myself a programmer, more of a Network / Sys admin. PHP > and Java is enough for me. Yes I program for a living right now, I also do > alot of other things at work. Alot of people dont have the patience to > program in any language, or even more then just one. If I HAD to learn C++ > im sure I could, but I sure as hell do not want too, to much work for me to > get something done. PHP is a good language for starters, lots of > flexibility, which can be a bad thing, but its pretty easy to teach people > the basics of programming with PHP. Java is good for background tasks, not > GUI, not web. > As for smalltalk, the only time I have even seen people talk about it or > heard about it is here in this group. No real use in the real world. (real > world = paying off loans) > > -- Trevor Benedict > > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > LinuxUsers@socallinux.org > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > -- "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." -Roger Penrose _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list LinuxUsers@socallinux.org http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
