In no way I was trying to compare C/C++ to PHP, way two different things. What I was trying to say is its easier to teach the basics. Inputs, Outputs, loops, constructs, OOP, vars, arrays, database, files, ect. Just to get the persons head around the idea of programming. And its instant satisfaction, and they can show their friends on the web.
As for the GUI desktop programming lang's. Ya I guess Java is pretty cool that your GUI app, will work everywhere. But its pretty fugly. They really need native GUI components. Most Java work ive done is non GUI. -- Trevor Benedict On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Chris Penn <cantorm...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >
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