"Octavian Rasnita" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I think the reason why PHP is used more and more much than Perl is that for > CGI related programs it is much simpler to use than perl.
Octavian , you haven't _proved_ that PHP is used more than perl. > For example it has a set of libraries for the most used functions in a CGI > program, for example SSL support, a module for reading and creating PDF > files, modules for accessing some payments operators for shopping carts, > etc. > Those modules can be created in perl, but even if some of those modules > exists for perl, they don't work very well. I've tried to use the modules > for creating a PDF document under Windows, but with no success. > It is pretty hard to install some of the perl modules under Windows because > most of them need to be compiled, need a compiler to be installed, etc. > With PHP it is much simpler to work and I can see this even though I don't > know PHP at all.... yet. Perl does all those things you mention very well. Please don't take offense here, this is your thread. But, you say that you have tried to use perl implementations of web technology, and you claim in this post that, "they don't work very well." Then you say that PHP has simpler implementations, yet you haven't attempted to use any of them. I am willing to bet, Octavian, that you are going to have just as difficult a time trying to do those things in PHP as you are having in perl. This is because, Octavian, your rationale for switching to PHP. It appears the purpose of your OP is that you have a need for a tool or tools written in perl that need compiled. Because you are unfamiliar with compiling code, you solution is to, rather than learn to compile code, switch to a different technology. I feel obligated to warn you, Octavian, that this choice will doom you to repeated failure, because you have chosen to circumvent the problem rather than solve it. A true software developer, Octavian, will be able to implement a solution in any modern computer language. Because a true software developer has been versed in concepts like data modeling and "manual" activities like compiling C source code, this developer will use proven methodology to design a solution for a customer or idea. Only after the solution has been designed will the developer begin to contemplate secondary requirements like what language to implement the solution in. So, Octavian, you may very well learn to do the simple things you have been doing with perl in PHP, and they may very well seem easier to you. But, as soon as you run into doing something complicated, you will be right back where you started. You are going to have to do something you cant figure out, and be posting to a newsgroup that the tool you are trying to use "don't work very well". I am NOT flaming you, Octavian. I have read many of your posts and you have helped alot of people on this list and we are grateful. Even if you do change your base technology, we all hope that you stay subscribed to the list and continue to contribute. Todd W. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
