That is a real nice thought - but Java is NOT platform independent - ever tried running your java applets on a Mac, or how about BSDI? Guess what - bad interpreter for Mac and expensive non-available one for BSDI. Java is no different than PHP except that it is a tough language to learn for the lay person, and requires a lot of time to build simple scripts.
Java is NOT the answer, there is no such thing as platform independence. Every platform will require an interpreter of some sort for such a language, and because that interpreter is typically built by someone other that the language developer, the support will never be the same for the language cross platform (ever heard of a little language called Javascript and J-Script - how well supported is that? Can you do the same things in Netscape as in IE - which browser supports the true specification, for that matter, how about CSS, or HTML even?) Having a client side PHP will really do no more than allow other fighting browsers screw up the support as they have done every other technology, and if you require that it is a plug-in, well, then you are restricting the audience. A lot of developers prefer server side simply because it gives them control over what the client sees (except when you mix other technologies in like HTML and CSS, and others to format the results) Just my 2 cents worth and a long awaited shot at the 'wonderful' world of Java ;) Flame at will. On 2/6/03 3:44 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "One language across the whole web" > In a word: JAVA > > Has the cross-platform flexability of PHP with a little more versitility and > power under the hood. Of course PHP still has its niche, but I'm still > waiting > to go to an ecommerce page that fires up and interactive store applet on the > client side and streams sales information via XML, so I can really "shop" from > my desktop. > >> >> I am doing now ;) >> >> >> How would you guys like the idea, though? >> >> >> -- >> Maxim Maletsky >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> Pete <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote... : >> >>> Has any one ever considered creating browser / client-side php to >>> replace Javascript and vb?? >>> >>> One language across the whole web ;-) >>> >>> Posted this question in the evangelism so I'd be interested in more >>> reaction: >>> >>> Pete >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >>> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >>> >> >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> > > > > -- Cheers Mike Morton **************************************************** * * E-Commerce for Small Business * http://www.dxstorm.com * * DXSTORM.COM * 824 Winston Churchill Blvd, * Oakville, ON, CA L6J 7X2 * Tel: 905-842-8262 * Fax: 905-842-3255 * Toll Free: 1-877-397-8676 * **************************************************** "Indeed, it would not be an exaggeration to describe the history of the computer industry for the past decade as a massive effort to keep up with Apple." - Byte Magazine Given infinite time, 100 monkeys could type out the complete works of Shakespeare. Win 98 source code? Eight monkeys, five minutes. -- NullGrey -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
