From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 26 09:25:57 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C02516A4CE for ; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 09:25:57 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EA7B43D39 for ; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 09:25:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1])i9Q9PqR5047869 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 26 Oct 2004 10:25:52 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)i9Q9PqfR047868; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 10:25:52 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 10:25:52 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Gert Cuykens Message-ID: <20041026092552.GC11508@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Gert Cuykens , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="kfjH4zxOES6UT95V" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.5.6 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]); Tue, 26 Oct 2004 10:25:52 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040904, clamav-milter version 0.75l on smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL autolearn=ham version=3.0.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.1 (2004-10-22) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: perl vs php round 1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 09:25:57 -0000 --kfjH4zxOES6UT95V Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 07:18:02AM +0200, Gert Cuykens wrote: > Can you do as much with perl as you can do with php ? Yes, in the strict comp. sci. sense of "Turing Completeness" and yes in the practical sense of what modules and extensions exist to help you program stuff. In fact, perl is generally better than PHP for arbitrary tasks, as perl was always intended to be a general purpose language, whereas PHP is still pretty much a web-scripting language (yes, I know you /can/ use PHP for other purposes, but my point still stands). The same goes for any of the other high-level languages you might care to mention: python, ruby, java etc. Which (if any) you prefer is a matter of personal taste. But beware of supporting one or the other of these too vocally on public fora, as the religious wars over "my language is better than your language" tend to be many and bitter. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --kfjH4zxOES6UT95V Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBfhgfiD657aJF7eIRAhtGAKCma3t9UAdiCUH5y94LEoE2/gS4MQCffEbG 34a1d5B2YSdpUOsik5YO6jM= =3TS+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --kfjH4zxOES6UT95V--