Re: Perl vs PHP

2004-04-22 Thread Wiggins d Anconia
> > > Perl IMHO is a SysAdmin language and PHP is and more or less always will > > > be a WEB lanaguage. > > > > > > > PLEASE, do not pigeon hole Perl like that, you should know better! > > PHP isn't only a web scripting language anymore either. > > Things progress ... the future is upon us. >

Re: Perl vs PHP

2004-04-22 Thread WC Jones
> > Perl IMHO is a SysAdmin language and PHP is and more or less always will > > be a WEB lanaguage. > > > > PLEASE, do not pigeon hole Perl like that, you should know better! PHP isn't only a web scripting language anymore either. Things progress ... the future is upon us. -Sx- :) -- To

Re: Perl vs PHP

2004-04-22 Thread JupiterHost.Net
Wiggins d Anconia wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why would one prefer PHP over PERL, or vice, versa? I'm guessing PERL has more functionaltiy and is more robust. What are the technical arguments for one over the other? JP Perl IMHO is a SysAdmin language and PHP is and more or less always

Re: Perl vs PHP

2004-04-22 Thread JupiterHost.Net
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why would one prefer PHP over PERL, or vice, versa? Both are powerful, Perl is more mature is much more flexible. PHP is a bloated resource hog also (Any program can be if badly written) but PHP increases dramatically Apache's footprint and memory usage to get its "fe

Re: Perl vs PHP

2004-04-22 Thread JupiterHost.Net
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's what I was looking for, thanks! Jason No problem! Lots of good info out there :) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why would one prefer PHP over PERL, or vice, versa? Both are powerful, Perl is more mature is much more flexible. PHP is a bloated resource hog also (Any

Re: Perl vs PHP

2004-04-22 Thread Wiggins d Anconia
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Why would one prefer PHP over PERL, or vice, versa? I'm guessing PERL has more functionaltiy and is more robust. What are the technical arguments for one over the other? > > JP > > > > > Perl IMHO is a SysAdmin language and PHP is and more or less always will >

Re: Perl vs PHP

2004-04-22 Thread WC -Sx- Jones
Jan Eden wrote: This implies that programming/scripting languages differ not more than softdrinks. Interesting. So by knowing (a little) Perl, I can program also Fortran and Cobol! I never knew that. Thanks Ron! ;) I can say from personal expereince that if you can program in Perl you can *defini

Re: Perl vs PHP

2004-04-22 Thread u235sentinel
hehehe... You might be surprised. While IANACY (I an not a coder... yet!), I have dabbled with other languages. The last 6+ months I've been studying Perl programming intending to push into coding. I've seen code in other languages (C for example) and much of it looks very similar to Perl. I

Re: Perl vs PHP

2004-04-22 Thread Jan Eden
Ron B wrote on 22.04.2004: >Why would one prefer Pepsi over Coke, or vice versa? :) That's the >answer to your question. > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>Why would one prefer PHP over PERL, or vice, versa? I'm guessing >>PERL has more functionaltiy and is more robust. What are the >>technical argum

RE: Perl vs PHP

2004-04-22 Thread NYIMI Jose (BMB)
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 3:01 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Perl vs PHP > > > Why would one prefer PHP over PERL, or vice, versa? I'm > guessing PERL has more functionaltiy and is more robust. >

Re: Perl vs PHP

2004-04-22 Thread Ron B
Why would one prefer Pepsi over Coke, or vice versa? :) That's the answer to your question. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why would one prefer PHP over PERL, or vice, versa? I'm guessing PERL has more functionaltiy and is more robust. What are the technical arguments for one over the other? JP -

Re: Perl vs PHP

2004-04-22 Thread WC -Sx- Jones
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why would one prefer PHP over PERL, or vice, versa? I'm guessing PERL has more functionaltiy and is more robust. What are the technical arguments for one over the other? JP LOL :) And I wanted to avoid this same line as fas as Expect was concerned. "PHP is a Server-

Re: PERL vs. PHP?

2002-10-23 Thread Adriano Allora
Is this true? Are there other advantages to PHP over PERL? I guess PHP is a little simpler. Jenda yes, yes!, I think so: i've worked with PHP and it is (very) simpler. but my idea is that you can make more with perl. adr -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional comm

RE: Perl vs. PHP?

2002-10-23 Thread NYIMI Jose (BMB)
D] > Subject: RE: Perl vs. PHP? > > > Totally aggree with you Nigel. > To complete, some of you may give a look to : > http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2001/06/05/cgi.html > > Which uses a clear separation between the 3 layers mentioned by Nigel. > > José. DISCLA

RE: Perl vs. PHP?

2002-10-23 Thread NYIMI Jose (BMB)
> Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 6:19 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Perl vs. PHP? > > > PHP is a good templating language, similar to ASP, JSP, etc. > > The problem with templating languages is that they're too > good. It's always tempting for

Re: Perl vs. PHP?

2002-10-23 Thread Nigel Wetters
PHP is a good templating language, similar to ASP, JSP, etc. The problem with templating languages is that they're too good. It's always tempting for the programmer to introduce yet another small piece of logic into a page. It extremely difficult with these templating languages to abstract the va

Re: Perl vs. PHP?

2002-10-23 Thread Matthew C. Peterson
PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 9:39 AM Subject: Re: Perl vs. PHP? > Hi all, > > well I use Perl and sometimes PHPdifferences for me are these... > > PHP is good for small web projects such as small e-commerce, > guestbooks etc. appl

Re: Perl vs. PHP?

2002-10-23 Thread Martin Hudec
Hi all, well I use Perl and sometimes PHPdifferences for me are these... PHP is good for small web projects such as small e-commerce, guestbooks etc. applications. Perl is excellent for big web projects such as portals, mainly because it is more integrated into system than PHP, also you can

Re: PERL vs. PHP?

2002-10-23 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Beau and Jenda, Thank you so much for your kind responses. This clears up alot for me (and makes me feel a bit better about being a part of this list!) Thanks, Josh -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: PERL vs. PHP?

2002-10-23 Thread George Schlossnagle
While it may be faster under some circumstances I would not say it's more powerfull. The number of modules for Perl is definitely much bigger than for PHP. Plus PHP is only supposed to be used from Web, while Perl is a general purpose language. Actually I do not remember when was the last time I d

Re: PERL vs. PHP?

2002-10-23 Thread Jenda Krynicky
> Hi! I'm just learning PERL, and I love it so far! A friend of mine > wants help with a project that involves moving data to and from a > MySQL database via the web, but he wants to find someone who can do it > using PHP. He said that he heard that PHP is faster and more > powerful. While it m

RE: PERL vs. PHP?

2002-10-23 Thread Beau E. Cox
Oh boy - You shouldn't ask a question like that to a bunch of perl mongers! :) Maybe more powerful, maybe not. yes and yes. I have coded web pages in php for many years before I got into perl - I like perl better for one simple reason: I can get more done in a given amount of time with perl tha

Re: PERL vs. PHP?

2002-10-23 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Josh - Original Message - From: "David U." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 9:28 AM Subject: Re: PERL vs. PHP? > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi! I'm just learning PERL, and I love