Re: [techtalk] Servlets vs. PHP

2000-07-27 Thread Anne Forker
Hi, --- Christian MacAuley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yeah, Java is really easy for the modern CS student who has taken > several C++ courses, but without proper guidance OO programming sux. > Glad you have a good teacher! For some reason, my saviour was a UML > book that explained the OO para

Re: [techtalk] Servlets vs. PHP

2000-07-27 Thread Christian MacAuley
> Well, I am on a huge learning curve with Java right now, having never seen > a piece of Java code before 2 months ago! I have programmed in C and VB > for the past year though so it hasn't been too difficult to pick up... but > some days I spend 8 hours doing something to realise the next morni

Re: [techtalk] Servlets vs. PHP

2000-07-27 Thread Britta Koch
> My advisor is really good though and understands the whole learning curve > problem, which is good for me. Hopefully the curve will begin to flatten > soon as far as Java is concerned... =) What I found out about Java is this: it's got loads of libraries, so if you're doing something, try and

Re: [techtalk] Servlets vs. PHP

2000-07-27 Thread Becky L. Norum
On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, Christian MacAuley wrote: > Anyway, i don't know where *you're* located, but i know a ton of web > developers here in the Washington, DC area and a hell of a lot more of > us know Java than PHP - so from a labor standpoint your decision makes > sense to me :). > > ~Christian

Re: [techtalk] Servlets vs. PHP

2000-07-26 Thread Christian MacAuley
> Thanks for the input. Since the team of developers is at this time um... > me and me alone, I think I'll be sticking with Java for the time being, > since I have some familiarity with it and there is no distinct advantage > to one or the other. Becky, Although i am a web specialist i stayed o

Re: [techtalk] Servlets vs. PHP

2000-07-26 Thread Becky L. Norum
On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Julie Meloni wrote: > As far as "faster & more efficient" from a technological standpoint, > it's six of one (half dozen of the other). In my completely > unscientific internal benchmarking, they're equal in speed, within a few > microseconds here and there, and I don't coun

Re: [techtalk] Servlets vs. PHP

2000-07-24 Thread Becky L. Norum
On Sun, 23 Jul 2000, Ian Hall-Beyer wrote: > If you need to run servlets, why not save yourself all that trouble and > build PHP as a Servlet? Ian, I don't need to run servlets -- I am trying to decide which way to build dynamically generated pages would be faster and more efficient. Based up

Re: [techtalk] Servlets vs. PHP

2000-07-24 Thread Julie Meloni
"Becky L. Norum" wrote: > > On Sun, 23 Jul 2000, Ian Hall-Beyer wrote: > > > If you need to run servlets, why not save yourself all that trouble and > > build PHP as a Servlet? > > Ian, > > I don't need to run servlets -- I am trying to decide which way to build > dynamically generated pages w

Re: [techtalk] Servlets vs. PHP

2000-07-23 Thread Ian Hall-Beyer
On Fri, 21 Jul 2000 15:29:53 -0400 (EDT), Becky L. Norum wrote: >someone can point me to a reference comparing PHP to JSP/servlets, or has >a personal preference s/he would like to share. I'm trying to get a If you need to run servlets, why not save yourself all that trouble and build PHP as a