Re: PHP-based design houses???

OMG! We (as in this list) are definately on the right track. Even thought the price of super computers is getting cheaper, fewer super computers are always cheaper than more super computers. ;-) -jeremy brand Jeremy Brand :: Sr. Software Engineer :: 408-245-9058 :: jeremy@nirvani.net http://www.JeremyBrand.com/Jeremy/Brand/Jeremy_Brand.html for more - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I am pleased to see that we have differences. May we together become greater than the sum of both of us. -- Surak of Vulcan, "The Savage Curtain", stardate 5906.4 On Mon, 20 Nov 2000, Dean Hall wrote: > Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 05:21:21 -0600 > From: Dean Hall <hall@apt7.com> > To: jeremy brand <jeremy@nirvani.net>, Dominick Vansevenant <dv@mobyus.com> > Cc: tarique@sanisoft.com, Kit Plummer <kit@aviansportal.com>, PHP General <php-general@lists.php.net> > Subject: Re: [PHP] PHP-based design houses??? > > > LOL! Good! Am I the only one, or are there other people too that > > think loading a Java Virtual machine on each page request is a dumb > > idea? > > No, you're not the only one. I bet most of us are of similar mind > considering this is a PHP list. :-) > > In any case, did you hear that Cold Fusion is moving to a Java engine? This > is all from word-of-mouth -- perhaps someone can confirm it -- but I hear > that Allaire is rewriting their scripting engine in Java to make it > cross-platform, and that every CF page will be translated into a JSP page, > which will be translated into a servlet, which will be compiled into a > .class file, which will be interpreted by the Java virtual machine. LOL. > > Now I'm all for PHP (or other web scripts) being available on > multiple-platforms, but since when was it of utmost importance to write > cross-platform web apps? What's more, it won't matter to anyone that these > apps are cross-platform. It'll only matter that their browser times out > every time they request a CF page. > > Dean. > >