Posted by "Gustav Wiberg" on 09/25/05 07:51

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From: "Jasper Bryant-Greene" <jasper@bryant-greene.name>
To: <php-general@lists.php.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 1:38 AM
Subject: Re: [PHP] Is PHP the language for me???


> Gustav Wiberg wrote:
>> I have read some posts about this issue, but one point that is essential
>> that I've not read about is the future! I mean, what are your plans in
>> the future? Or what plans is it for the website. Just because it's only
>> simple links now, it might be right to consider if for example
>> object-oriented programming would be an issue in the future. PHP5 has
>> that implementation, but not PHP4 so this might depend on the
>> webserver/webhost...
>
> PHP4 has OO as well. It's just an inferior and slower implementation. OO
> does not suit every case and you need to decide whether the additional
> time and work spent writing the code in OO is going to pay off in the
> future. If it isn't likely to, then I would suggest procedural might be a
> better choice.
>
Ok, I didn't know that PHP4 had OO-support and yes, I agree that it is 95%
always better to use OO....

>> This was just a spontanious thought! And yes, I just love PHP if I
>> compare with ASP which maybe is the most relevant!? comparision.. (The
>> two largest languages for dynamic web out there? Don't know if maybe Perl
>> is larger though).
>
> ASP isn't actually a language, it's just a framework for dynamic
> ("active") server pages, that provides a bunch of common objects and stuf.
> In classic ASP you can write VBScript or JScript, and in ASP.NET you can
> write VB.NET, JScript or C#. Both classic and .NET allow you to add
> additional languages of your choice with a bit of work.
Of course! Wrong of me to say that ASP is a language... I meant VBScript...
which I have been working with.

>
> I still prefer PHP though; just thought I'd point out the difference...
Who doesnt? :-)


/G
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