Re: PHP on .NET DLR

+1 for petition. On 8/8/07, K T Ligesh <ligesh@lxlabs.com> wrote: > > 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. > -- Thank You, Slava Yanson AIM: UrbanSoot ICQ: 240498134 Positive Blue, LLC www.positiveblue.com 323.404.0546 Mobile 323.436.7451 Office