most c compilers are self-hosting. iirc it's one of the best tests of
your compiler.
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I sense much beer in you. Beer leads to intoxication, intoxication to
hangovers, and hangovers to... suffering.
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Hinsley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 3:32 PM
Subject: [PHP] Re: PHP a lightweight language?
>
> > Michael Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>
>
> >
> > I'm interested in the proposition made recently on this list that PHP is
> > somehow a 'lightweight' language that some people don't take seriously.
I
> > am relatively new to Linux and open source programming and only really
> > know PHP and some shell scripting, though I am now starting to explore
> > Python.
>
> Seems to me that most languages can be considered "lightweight" in some
> respects. After all, couldn't C be considered lightweight compared with
> machine code?
>
> And then, most languages are written in something else (something
> heavier?): if I remember correctly, Squeak is about the only thing that
> really eats its own dog food. And, from what I remember, such recursion
> wasn't straightforward!
>
> It's really a silly discussion. PHP does what it does exceptionally
> well. You'd be barking mad to write an operating system in it, but you'd
> be equally crazy to write a C application to do what a shell script does
> or to use Java to run a regex on a text file.
>
> The reason, I think, that there are so many languages out there is that
> each has its advantages when used in a particular context. It may be
> able to work out of context, but the overheads in development and/or
> compilation or run time build up.
>
> --
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