Re: Extention development in Perl

[Hartmut Holzgraefe <hartmut@six.de>] > Stig Sæther Bakken wrote: > > > > ["Pieter Claassen" <Pieter.Claassen@btinternet.com>] > > > Is it possible to write PHP extentions in Perl [...] > > > > Why on earth would you want to do something like that? > > Why on earth woudl someone want to use COM or JAVA with PHP > or even use PHP as a Java Servlet? > I (although i do not like PERL personally) think this is just as valid. > > On the other hand i heard that PHP stands for "People Hate Perl" though There's a big difference between letting PHP talk to COM objects and implementing PHP extensions in Visual Basic. And besides I don't hate Perl. I used to love it. Now I just like it. Pieter: why not put the Perl code in a server and make it available through XML-RPC? If you can ever write PHP extensions using Perl, the devil will have to start thinking about shopping winter clothes. :-) - Stig -- Stig Sæther Bakken <ssb@fast.no> Fast Search & Transfer ASA, Trondheim, Norway