At 07:25 AM 05/05/2000, Oliver Schleede wrote:
>so, still i can't share your point.
Oliver, I'm not trying to convince you to stop using PHP. Use what you
need to get your job done. What I *am* trying to do is to convince the
people who might be swayed by your success stories. And I'm also trying to
help Perl by learning from PHP's success.
Last year I used PHP exclusively on my main project. I did so for all the
reasons you promote. Ease of use, availability, similarlity to Perl,
simplicity.
Eight months later, I really regretted my decision. I had seriously
outgrown PHP. But by that point I had invested so much in PHP that it was
very difficult to switch over to Perl without rewriting *everything*.
Sure, I could start bolting on each new bit using Perl-CGI, but if I wanted
the performance of mod_perl, I was looking at a gigantic httpd process
(mod_perl + mod_php + httpd == BIG). So what seemed easy and harmless at
the beginning turned out to easy and harmful. And it really wasn't easy
for all that long, either.
Your mileage may vary. That's fine. Really. Keep using PHP. Take your
own path to enlightenment. But when you promote PHP to others, I do feel I
have to offer my own cautionary advice.
Michael
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