Re: PHP on .NET DLR

+1 for petition.

On 8/8/07, K T Ligesh <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I was looking at the buzz generated by ironRuby, and seriously wondering
> at the lack of PHP in the DLR. It is really strange too especially when you
> consider that the php-compiler.net phalanager project had a full working
> version much before the RubyCLR, in spite of which, MS seems to have decided
> to adopt Ruby rather than PHP.  The reasons stated by MS is that the
> IronRuby was more requested and ruby seems to be the more popular language
> in the community.
>
> So I am wondering why there isn't any effort in the PHP community to get
> PHP into the DLR. If nothing, DLR is yet another platform, and for a php
> programmer it gives one more playground to showcase his skillset. Anyway, my
> question is whether there would be any community effort to get MS adopt PHP
> into CLR too. I am sure there is a genuine customer requirement, and
> enterprises have made quite a bit of investment in PHP and they would all
> love to be able to take it to the .NET platform.
>
> Anyway to summarize: Does anyone have any opinion on why MS chose Ruby
> instead PHP, even though PHP has a larger user base, and also larger
> enterprise usage? I don't think the beauty of the language was the key,
> since MS is the purveyor of VB, one of the ugliest languages around. The
> reason is something more pragmatic, and I am really curious.
>
> Also, I would like to know if we can start some kind of petition to let MS
> know of the number of people who would like to have PHP on .NET.
>
> Thanks for your time.
>



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