RE: [PHP] Why PHP ?

For the record, I didn't ask the question originally. I was just trying to get people to throw up something valuable for a response since I was interested. -Jeff -----Original Message----- From: Matt McClanahan [mailto:cardinal@dodds.net] Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2000 12:26 AM To: Jeff Demel Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: RE: [PHP] Why PHP ? On Sat, 9 Dec 2000, Jeff Demel wrote: > There is nothing in your reply that would convince anyone to use PHP over > anything else. The question is "Why PHP?" > I hope I'm not being too harsh, but I think the question is a really good > one, and I would like some legitimate responses with specific and detailed > examples. Opinion is a fine thing, but when trying to make a business case > for using a programming language and/or environment, specifics are needed. Part of the reason your question isn't being taken seriously is that this topic comes up -constantly-, and the archives contain many debates that answer your question thoroughly. The debate gets old, and every time somebody asks the question, there is less motivation to answer it because all the answers are nicely archived on the web. So, research. The answers are out there already. I agree there should be a better repository of all these answers. The PHP vs CF debate is probably documented better than the ASP one. All that's required is for somebody to sit down and compile all the useful points that have been made over the years in the archives. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general http://phpbuilder.net/mail/php-general/ http://www.zend.com/lists.php Matt