Posted by Andy Dingley on 08/28/05 00:29

On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 05:30:05 GMT, Joel Shepherd <joelshep@ix.netcom.com>
wrote:

>Right. So what sense does it make to say that "CGI is outdated", but
>[insert computer language here] still has a chance?

Because it is outdated

I see your point about the odd conjunction of disconnected statements,
but look at the OP. The question is "Is PHP obsolete" and I can't think
of a single web programming _language_ that is of itself obsolete. There
_could_ be such a thing, but I've not yet heard of PascalScript or
mod_eiffel.

CGI is a major component of some web scripting platforms. Perl was
regularly written for it, and most CGI coding probably used it. Now
CGI/Perl certainly is obsolete (use mod_perl instead). Now if your
choice of scripting platform depends on CGI, then that's itself a reason
for the platform to be regarded as obsolete - even if it's "CGI Java" or
some such.

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