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Posted by Kenneth Downs on 06/15/05 13:45
arjohn7481@hotmail.com wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> Can someone help me in deciding the development language?
>
> I need to develop a "regular console application" which will require -
>
> 1. Communication with another application over message queue
> 2. HTTP/HTTPS communication with another application
> 3. Parsing XML file
> 4. Persistent in memory for a range of commands execution
>
> I have investigated the above features in PERL and PHP. It seems it is
> possible to develop the application in PERL. I am a little bit
> skeptical about PHP because as I know it is suitable for website
> generation.
>
> Can someone explain if the application is possible using PHP?
> Is PHP suitable for regular console application?
>
> Thanks in advance
> A.R.John
Just look at the function list, PHP is full-blown language suitable for any
task. Since discovering PHP I don't use anything else.
One caveat: I have no experience with using it to write a DESKTOP app, for
user interface I do only web, so can't talk about desktop apps.
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Kenneth Downs
Secure Data Software, Inc.
(Ken)nneth@(Sec)ure(Dat)a(.com)
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