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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 03/18/07 02:41
Paul Furman wrote:
> king kikapu wrote:
>
>> Hit to all folks here,
>>
>> i recently got interested abiy php, i have a workable knowledge of
>> Python and a little bit of Ruby.
>> I just want to ask, if php is suitable for generic programming and not
>> only for web stuf.
>>
>> I am -mainly- a windows developer and just want to escape from MS
>> umbrella, i just do not know
>> if php is the right choice. Can i use the language to build network
>> apps, or gui apps or DB stuff and the like
>> or i should stick to Python for this kind of (generic) developing ?
>>
>> I recently saw that CodeGear (a Borland spin-off) will release Delphi
>> for php and i am very attracted to that.
>> VCL, first class debugger, a fully featured IDE.
>> I suppose that the combination of a product like that and the
>> language, will make me able to build nearly
>> anything and not only web stuff, or am i wrong ?
>
> I'm no programming guru but it seems to me php is really just for web
> programming unless you want to do intranet stuff. It has to run from a
> web server! Perl is a bit more powerful in some ways but lacks the vast
> set of web development tools that make php so productive, and that's
> what php is all about.
No, PHP does not have to run from the server. I do a lot of scripts
which run standalone.
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