Re: Will PHP ever "grow up" and have threading?

stop bashing the people who DO have a use for threading and other advanced concepts eh. just because you don't have a use for it, it shouldn't be included?! kinda arrogant. also kinda arrogant: how do you know the guy needing threading is not working on projects many times as complex as your own projects?? On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 12:33 AM, Per Jessen <per@computer.org> wrote: > Tommy Pham wrote: > >> On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 2:04 AM, Per Jessen <per@computer.org> wrote: >>> >>> Use the right tool for the right job - PHP is a scripting/interpreted >>> language, it does not need threading (IMO of course). >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Per Jessen, Zürich (9.4°C) >>> >>> >> >> I couldn't agree more.  But here's a real life example.  Your client >> has a forum and is using phpbb for their in house use.  They also have >> an in house custom PHP app, integrated with phpbb, built to suit their >> needs.  Now they want to implement some kind of CMS.  You come in and >> implemented a PHP based CMS to integrate into their existing >> applications.  Then you realize something troublesome, you have a >> performance issue where it could be resolved by implementing thread. >> What are you going to do? > > The standard, mature, experienced answer is - buy a bigger box. > > [snip] >> What do you think the client's response is when their need for the >> solution requires a short time frame of, if not immediate, >> implementation? > > There are no immediate solutions to immediate performance problems.  If > you have a poor design that restricts your throughput, you can 1) throw > hardware at it or 2) change the design.  At some point you'll hit yet > another limit with 1), and you are forced back to 2).  Somewhere along > the line the original designer has presumably left or been made to. > > > /Per > > -- > Per Jessen, Zürich (7.5°C) > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >