Re: php vs cold fusion

Don't be too worried about finding programmers with PHP experience. If you can find programmers with C or Perl experience you don't need to look any further. PHP is not a new a revolutionary scripting language that needs PHP-specific experience. -Rasmus On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Joe Stump wrote: > One note about "programming" in CFM - how many people do you know that can > hardcode CFM by hand? No one! You need the friggin' editor to use it - if you > call that knowledge then I'll take PHP :O) > > But your argument has substance - I know that I work with a couple of quality > ubergeeks who can code PHP like no other - and I thank my lucky stars everyday! > > > --Joe > > On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 05:53:47PM -0500, Kulkarni, Vikram wrote: > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > If PHP isn't already, I feel it will soon be a superior tool for server side > > coding than many other languages including CFM. However, CFM has a wide > > support base via a commerical organization. PHP is getting this too, but > > one real problem with PHP is the lack of PHP knowledgable programmers. I > > can feel the PHP ranks growing and once the "boss-man" sees a reasonable > > size supply of people to work on his storehouse of internal PHP code, he may > > adopt it outright. Until then who can blame folks for "buying in" to > > commercial solutions that have a decent supply of talent to back it up. > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > > > It is the old chicken-and-egg problem. Programmers aren't getting trained > > in PHP because there are no jobs; and there are no jobs..... > > > > I searched dice.com's New York site for PHP and I found 48 refererences. I > > searched for Cold Fusion and I found 196 references. Go figure. > > > > Vikram Kulkarni > > > > > > ***************************************************************************** > > This message may contain privileged and confidential information. If you > > think, for any reason, that this message may have been addressed to you in > > error, you must not disseminate or copy this message, or use its content > > as the basis for taking any action. Further, we would ask you to notify > > us immediately by return e-mail, telephone or facsimile. > > ***************************************************************************** > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > ================================================================================ > = Joe Stump joestump98@yahoo.com > http://www.miester.org = > ================================================================================ > "Real programmers don't comment their code. > It was hard to write, it should be hard to understand." > >