Like Dave, I'm also not suggesting Java is the only good solution. PHP, Perl, Python and Ruby all have their place, but there are good reasons why Java is popular for "Enterprise Class" IT.
What are these good reasons? I'd be interested to hear. PHP seems good, and I am finding it OK to use, but I'm sure there must be better out there. Am not at all convinced by the idea of perl for web stuff. Have done it in the past and it probably works well if you have the time to hunt out all the right CPAN modules, but on the other hand Java Serlets and PHP are made for the job. PDO in PHP looks quite good for giving connectivity to a lot of Databases. What is it about PHP that you wouldn't consider it Enterprise class (especially when you consider the , rather large, wikis that run on it)?
I found figuring out the configuration files a royal pain - not far short of the horrors of configuring Sendmail without using the m4 macros!
It sends shivers down my spine just to remember it. Of course there was also building firewall rules with ipfwadm.
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