PHP on .NET DLR
| From: | K T Ligesh | Date: | Wed, 08 Aug 2007 20:56:13 +0000 |
| Subject: | PHP on .NET DLR | ||
| Groups: | php.evangelism | ||
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Hi folks,
I was looking at the buzz generated by ironRuby, and seriously wondering at the lack of PHP in the
DLR. It is really strange too especially when you consider that the php-compiler.net phalanager
project had a full working version much before the RubyCLR, in spite of which, MS seems to have
decided to adopt Ruby rather than PHP. The reasons stated by MS is that the IronRuby was more
requested and ruby seems to be the more popular language in the community.
So I am wondering why there isn't any effort in the PHP community to get PHP into the DLR. If
nothing, DLR is yet another platform, and for a php programmer it gives one more playground to
showcase his skillset. Anyway, my question is whether there would be any community effort to get MS
adopt PHP into CLR too. I am sure there is a genuine customer requirement, and enterprises have made
quite a bit of investment in PHP and they would all love to be able to take it to the .NET platform.
Anyway to summarize: Does anyone have any opinion on why MS chose Ruby instead PHP, even though PHP
has a larger user base, and also larger enterprise usage? I don't think the beauty of the
language was the key, since MS is the purveyor of VB, one of the ugliest languages around. The
reason is something more pragmatic, and I am really curious.
Also, I would like to know if we can start some kind of petition to let MS know of the number of
people who would like to have PHP on .NET.
Thanks for your time.