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Mmmmm, i really think that PHP is considered lightweight by some becuase:
1. Its easy. (Compare to C, Java, and the inconsistancies of VB)
We all know that real programmers only program in **** (insert the hardest
thing you know eg: Machine Code, Fortran, C++ or Basic if you're pretty sad)
with VI installed on on an Commodore 64 with a tape drive...
2. It's a scripting language.
This does make PHP seem less like a "real language", even though a compiled
Java class file still needs an interpreter.
But of course any comments like "PHP a lightweight language?" are typically
flamebait, and i would ignore them (well i will next time)
mn
Mark Nold
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Senior Consultant
Change is inevitable, except from vending machines.
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 6:49 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: PHP a lightweight language?
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.
I have had a quick overview of several languages and it seems to me that
they all deal with the same basic components and logic:
variables
statements
flow control
functions
classes
etc
etc
etc
So I'm wondering, apart from the fact that PHP is web centric, what
features does the language lack that prevent some from taking it
seriously? It appears to me to use the same basic elements and logic as
any other programming language. Maybe it doesn't have tedious requirements
for memory management like C, but so what? Neither does Python.
Any comments appreciated.
Mick
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