Hi, >> it would be nice to see PHP w and w/o ZEND competing against each >> other. > Zend what? > I'd like to see it with/without ZendAccelerator.
yes, that's what I meant :) > Perl and the like are used a lot in bio-informatics, and they are > scripting-languages. > Even in CPU-intensive areas, ease of development can be important. but with extensions written in C which do the actual math. correct me, if I'm wrong, but anything else doesn't make sense to me. >> face it: PHP is "just" a layouting engine. it collects data from >> different sources, gives it the final polish (formatting) and outputs >> it. nothing more. and YES it's a very feature-rich layouting engine >> and an excellent one, too. > PHP is a general-purpose language aimed at web-applications. That's > more than just layout. A lot more. it is NOT a general purpose language such as Perl, but it can me (mis-)used for such things. PHP was aimed to enhance webpages. nothing more. Kind Regards, Daniel Lorch -- if(empty($a) == true ? true : false) -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
