Re: PHP and Perl

2000-05-05 Thread Robert White
From: "Oliver Schleede" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > yes, i've forgotten to mention that there's lot of arrogance among the > enlighted perl folks. Please do not confuse arrogance with frustration. David said it better so I'll just give an example from a couple of weeks ago. Someone posted this questio

RE: PHP and Perl

2000-05-05 Thread Ranga
athan Reliance Technology Consultants Inc. On 5 May 00, at 15:05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date sent: Fri, 05 May 2000 15:05:06 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: PHP and Perl Copies to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send reply to:

RE: PHP and Perl

2000-05-05 Thread Cassell . David
> mostly in reply to David, I'm flattered. :-) > yes, i've forgotten to mention that there's lot of arrogance among the > enlighted perl folks. another good reason to rather seek a simple than a > correct way out of a perl problem. Pretty much as I tried to point out. But the Perl wizards s

Re: Object DB Persistence (was Re: PHP and Perl)

2000-05-05 Thread Ranga
; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Michael Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject:Object DB Persistence (was Re: PHP and Perl) Send reply to: Michael Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > At 12:01 PM 05/05/2000 -0700, Ned Konz wrote: > >[1] I&

RE: PHP and Perl

2000-05-05 Thread Ranga
. I agree with Michael's drift .. 'pick horses for courses'. Having identified what PHP and Perl are good at, I will be able to make an informed judgement. One last question... If I do want to use PHP for an application, does it preclude or diminishes the use of Perl? Let th

Re: Object DB Persistence (was Re: PHP and Perl)

2000-05-05 Thread Ned Konz
Michael Graham wrote: > You might have a look at Tangram (http://www.tangram-persistence.org/), > which is a set of Perl modules which implements object persistence in > relational databases. However, it looks to be very complicated too. > However once you've learned the basics it should make da

Object DB Persistence (was Re: PHP and Perl)

2000-05-05 Thread Michael Graham
At 12:01 PM 05/05/2000 -0700, Ned Konz wrote: >[1] I've long regarded relational databases as merely an awkward way to >make objects >persistent, so I have a bit of a different slant than many people using >databases >(for whom the database is of primary interest). You might have a look at Tangr

RE: PHP and Perl

2000-05-05 Thread Michael Graham
At 07:25 AM 05/05/2000, Oliver Schleede wrote: >so, still i can't share your point. Oliver, I'm not trying to convince you to stop using PHP. Use what you need to get your job done. What I *am* trying to do is to convince the people who might be swayed by your success stories. And I'm also t

RE: PHP and Perl

2000-05-05 Thread Michael Graham
At 07:25 AM 05/05/2000, Oliver Schleede wrote: >btw you mentioned that some db-stuff will change in a year - i guess php is >well maintained and workarounds will be available, for php3 is found in too >many db web projects. No, what I meant was next year *you* might change *your* database from

Re: PHP and Perl

2000-05-05 Thread Ned Konz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >And finally, there is really no reason why someone [maybe even > someone named Michael] can't set up a better-than-PHP system to > show others. Apache with mod_perl and CGI.pm and DBI and DBD::MySQL > all loaded already, with clear examples as in Lincoln Stein's > C

RE: PHP and Perl

2000-05-05 Thread Michael Graham
At 09:42 AM 05/05/2000 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > And finally, there is really no reason why someone [maybe even >someone named Michael] can't set up a better-than-PHP system to >show others. Apache with mod_perl and CGI.pm and DBI and DBD::MySQL >all loaded already, with clear examples

RE: PHP and Perl

2000-05-05 Thread Oliver Schleede
mostly in reply to David, yes, i've forgotten to mention that there's lot of arrogance among the enlighted perl folks. another good reason to rather seek a simple than a correct way out of a perl problem. but, lucky me, i solve my perl problems with problematic perl and php3 patchworking, so n

RE: PHP and Perl

2000-05-05 Thread Cassell . David
Michael, You raised some good points. But the Perl people already like Perl, and the PHP people prefer something simple instead of powerful - so you are unlikely to get too many converts. :-) You have a valid issue in reagrd to the aparent easiness of beginning on the web in Perl. But I

RE: PHP and Perl

2000-05-05 Thread Oliver Schleede
i do agree. yes, it is no question witch of the two is more powerful, multipurpose and so on. but in all your lines i read aversion against php in general. just count the number of programmers switching over from php to perl because first steps in php were so much easier. i was an so where some

RE: PHP and Perl

2000-05-05 Thread Michael Graham
At 02:17 PM 04/05/2000, Oliver Schleede wrote: >i'm sure there are a lot out there with not the slightest idea why their >perl script don't work because the documentation only serves the already >knowing. The Perl docs are tough on newbies, yes. But so are the PHP docs. Quick: how do you te

Re: OT: PHP and Perl

2000-05-04 Thread Tim Hammerquist
masters i have a lot more tasks in mind then programming. > therefor the learning-curve is vital for efficiency in my job. i may have > mistake the posting i was referring to: i thought, he'ld be web working, > too... in this case i can only repeat myself: it is extremely helpful to >

RE: PHP and Perl

2000-05-04 Thread Oliver Schleede
rogramming. therefor the learning-curve is vital for efficiency in my job. i may have mistake the posting i was referring to: i thought, he'ld be web working, too... in this case i can only repeat myself: it is extremely helpful to use php AND perl, needing both might be a bit too much - in b

Re: PHP and Perl

2000-05-04 Thread Robert White
From: "Michael Graham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > PHP also has some packages that allow templating, but >if you're used to Perl, there's a strong probability that you will hate PHP. Add one data point to that. :-) I dropped it deciding it wasn't worth the trouble. Easy for a simple mySQL query bu

RE: PHP and Perl

2000-05-04 Thread Cassell . David
allalready onboard > (think of the default url en/decoding while passing form elements). but, > never mind that. i just want to say that people like me need and will need > in future php AND perl - and i'm sure there are more out there. Actually, I'll disagree there. I think P

RE: PHP and Perl

2000-05-04 Thread Oliver Schleede
url en/decoding while passing form elements). but, never mind that. i just want to say that people like me need and will need in future php AND perl - and i'm sure there are more out there. greetings oliver schleede --- You are currently subscribed to perl-win32-users as: [archive@jab.org]

RE: PHP and Perl

2000-05-03 Thread Michael Graham
t;Any suggesions? > >On 3 May 00, at 17:30, Thomas_M wrote: > >From: Thomas_M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To:"Perl-Win32-Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: PHP and Perl >Date sent: Wed

RE: PHP and Perl

2000-05-03 Thread Thomas_M
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > So, if you use PHP, you normally wont consider using Perl? Actually what I meant was the opposite: if you want to use Perl, you probably won't consider using PHP. Architectural things like the persistant interpreter, pre-compiled scripts, and

RE: PHP and Perl

2000-05-03 Thread Ranga
thinking of moving it to PHP / Perl on BSD. Any suggesions? On 3 May 00, at 17:30, Thomas_M wrote: From: Thomas_M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Perl-Win32-Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: PHP and Perl Date sen

RE: PHP and Perl

2000-05-03 Thread Thomas_M
erl. -- Mark Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 5:06 PM > To: Perl-Win32-Users Mailing List > Subject: PHP and Perl > > > This may not be the right forum to ask this qu

PHP and Perl

2000-05-03 Thread Ranga
This may not be the right forum to ask this question. I have just started investigating PHP. How does one pass variables between PHP and Perl? Ranga Nathan --- You are currently subscribed to perl-win32-users as: [archive@jab.org] To unsubscribe, forward this message to [EMAIL