Obviously he is a newbie out of the woods- couldn't make a connection and print results something that the rest of us have been doing for years. It is newbies like him and fan-boys of Ruby/Python/Perl who give PHP a bad name. But I fail to understand the little animosity within some PostgreSQL users to PHP- is it the LAMP stack? Cheers, Bill
On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 11:53 AM, Joshua D. Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2008-07-25 at 17:40 +0200, Tino Wildenhain wrote: >> Hi, >> >> > I think that PHP (like PostgreSQL, perhaps?) suffers from a reputation >> > hangover from years ago. PostgreSQL was supposedly "slow", PHP is >> > supposedly "undisciplined" and "unprofessional". You sure can still >> >> Well no PHP is conceptual undisciplined and confusing. I would >> not compare this with Postgresql itself which is very professional >> developed with a great vision. PHP is just and always was a hack. > > I actually think that the analogy is valid. *Most* PHP users don't know > its a hack, those same users are going to be the ones that think > PostgreSQL is slow. > > Joshua D. Drake > > P.S. To be fair, PHP has gotten much better over the last few releases. > > -- > The PostgreSQL Company since 1997: http://www.commandprompt.com/ > PostgreSQL Community Conference: http://www.postgresqlconference.org/ > United States PostgreSQL Association: http://www.postgresql.us/ > Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate > > > > > -- > Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general > -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
