> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 3:01 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Perl vs PHP > > > Why would one prefer PHP over PERL, or vice, versa? I'm > guessing PERL has more functionaltiy and is more robust. > What are the technical arguments for one over the other? JP
Got from http://www.masonbook.com/book/chapter-1.mhtml#TOC-ANCHOR-13 <my_paste> It is important to understand some of the properties of PHP before deciding to use it. One of the design goals of PHP is to be as simple as possible to install and start using, and in some cases this means that features that experienced Perl programmers rely on are not present. For instance, PHP lacks support for private namespaces, there is no way to create three-tiered applications that separate business logic and presentation code, and there is no mechanism for creating reusable code modules. The Apache mod_php module is only a content generation module, so it cannot cooperate with other request phases in the same way Mason can cooperate with mod_perl's authentication or filename translation phases.3 Importantly, although there is a lot of user-contributed code in the PHP world, it cannot match the breadth and depth of Perl's CPAN. It has often been said that the CPAN is Perl's "killer app," and programmers most appreciate the CPAN when they least expect it. Finally, although you can theoretically use PHP for general-purpose programming, it wasn't designed for that. PHP is typically used only for embedding PHP code into templates, whereas Perl is a full-featured programming language used for more purposes than any single programmer could imagine. While this does make PHP well-suited for the common tasks of web scripting, it may be limiting. For instance, a certain Perl programming friend was recently contracted to write a "simple shopping cart system" that had one small addition: it had to do some horribly complex optics calculations. For situations like these, a general-purpose programming language like Perl can be quite handy. </my_paste> **** DISCLAIMER **** "This e-mail and any attachment thereto may contain information which is confidential and/or protected by intellectual property rights and are intended for the sole use of the recipient(s) named above. Any use of the information contained herein (including, but not limited to, total or partial reproduction, communication or distribution in any form) by other persons than the designated recipient(s) is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender either by telephone or by e-mail and delete the material from any computer". Thank you for your cooperation. For further information about Proximus mobile phone services please see our website at http://www.proximus.be or refer to any Proximus agent. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
