Re: php vs cold fusion

> All I ment is that PHP is the best for Web Development Business. Ooooohhhhhh!!!! Well yeah that was a given ;o) --Joe > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joe Stump [mailto:joe@earth.care2.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 11:13 AM > To: Maxim Maletsky > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] php vs cold fusion > > > I agree with Rasthmus here - I'm one of those college kids with "PHP > knowledge", > although writing scripts for a media metrix top 500 site probably doesn't > qualify as "light knowledge" ;O) > > We have a C programmer, a DB guru, and me in the middle - the PHP guru (I > like > to think of myself that way ;o) and we all bring something to the table when > it > comes to programming. Seth (the db guy) yells at me for my > not-as-perfect-as-his > SQL, Jer (the C guy) give teaches me about bitmasks (not covered in my CIS > programming classes ;o) and other *NIX C tricks that work in PHP, I sit in > the > middle and input what I can where I can as far as PHP goes. > > It's a good balance we have. > > --Joe > > PS to all those hardcoding CFM by hand - I'm sorry I apologize that you have > to > code it in any way :O) > > On Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 11:09:25AM +0900, Maxim Maletsky wrote: > > You're right Rasmus, > > Logically it is so, but when you invest in an employee you want him to > know > > it already, and not blame you for not training him enough. A C programmer > > for my team is not as useful as a college student who has the words "light > > knowledge of PHP" in his resume. > > > > That how it works for my team at least. > > > > Maxim Maletsky. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rasmus Lerdorf [mailto:rasmus@linuxcare.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 10:19 AM > > To: Joe Stump > > Cc: Kulkarni, Vikram; php-general@lists.php.net > > Subject: Re: [PHP] 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. 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It was hard to write, it should be hard to understand."