Re: [PHP] php applications

Michael wrote:
> "Languages were designed to be programmed, what they are programmed to 
> do is entirely up to the programmer."
> 
> Perhaps there is no hope then. This is so distant from the actual case 
> it does not require more than pointing out.
> 
> If you want to write demons in php fine, i wince at the thought.

Demons are fantastical creatures. The word you're erroneously trying to 
repeat is "daemon".

> The question isnt whether a PHP programmer thinks PHP is the right tool 
> for the job, unanimously the answer will be 'yes' because of the myopia 
> of the position. It is whether people with experience on a number of 
> different platform, using a number of different languages think it is... 
> i've yet to hear *anyone* in this position advocate PHP.

I don't have myopia, I've already said many times that there can 
certainly be better ways to do something, there can be more established 
choices, but just because there are, doesn't preclude the use of a less 
worthy tool with the possible side effect that the less worthy tool 
undergoes some kind of evolution such that it becomes a better choice in 
the future. There was a time when C was a less worthy choice, there was 
a time when Java was a less worthy choice, there was a time when you 
probably had a more open mind. The fact remains that things change, and 
usually change is driven by some impetus. That impetus may indeed be due 
to the selected environment having been found lacking.

Cheers,
Rob.
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