Hi Kevin,
Very interesting comparison. I'd never thought of merging
Perl and PHP as an option. This system of ours is definitely
complex - very complex. They wrote a lot of reusable code
when they did the windows version in Delphi.
Is it easy for Perl and Php to run together?
BTW, is Php marketed by someone or is it "open" like Perl?
Is it viable to actually use them together or would that
be too problematic?
Your suggestion may well work for us.
Regards,
Jan
>From: "Mitchell, David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: Perl Vs Php
>Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 17:48:16 +1000
>
>Hello Jan,
>
>PHP's been around for a few years at least, so it's pretty stable. I
>haven't used it for a while now, but it was a pretty lightweight Web server
>solution for accessing databases and facilitating collection and
>presentation of DB data in Web pages. Perl, on the other hand, is (as you
>know) a heavyweight "do anything you can imagine" tool. In a sense, your
>question is similar to "Should I buy a motorbike or a 4WD?" - you need to
>know your specific requirements to make a decision.
>
>By virtue of being so lightweight, and all other things being equal, PHP
>will probably outperform Perl for most tasks. The issues you need to
>consider are:
>- can PHP, in conjunction with whatever else you're using (e.g. HTML,
>DHTML,
>XML, ...), actually meet all your requirements? I'd guess this might be
>the
>key issue
>- can you use "add-ons" like mod_perl, PerlEx or whatever to raise Perl's
>performance to whatever level is required to compete with PHP in terms of
>pure performance? These performance steps come with a cost in terms of
>memory and/or CPU load
>
>Personally, I'm quite certain that at the moment I'd be faster developing a
>solution in Perl than PHP. The PHP solution would probably run faster, but
>I *know* Perl can do just about anything I need or want, and PHP can't.
>
>Maybe you could use PHP for what it can do, and Perl to fill in any gaps in
>your toolset.
>
>Hope that helps
>
>Dave Mitchell
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