Re: first php 5 class

On Jan 30, 2008 12:45 PM, Greg Donald <gdonald@gmail.com> wrote: > On Jan 30, 2008 10:43 AM, Nathan Nobbe <quickshiftin@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I would assume it's because there are much more interesting advances > > > in web development technology to focus on elsewhere. > > > > such as ? > > Ruby 1.9, Ruby on Rails 2, Perl6/Parrot. i love how the ruby crew has 1 framework, whereas php has scads. php affords the power of choice. and last time i checked, php was a lot faster: http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/gp4/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=all > Parrot is particularly interesting, especially if your into > meta-languages or language creation in general. > > http://destiney.com/blog/play-with-perl6-mac-os-x-leopard parot does look interesting; but this is drifting from a particular web technology. there are many systems out there using the jvm to drop scripting languages on top, such as ibm project0, to name one; but i dont see these projects really catching on. also, if you want to see some code generation, php-style, check out propel ;) -nathan