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

Stuart Dallas wrote: >>> I love the way you call us nay-sayers like it's supposed to be an >>> insult. I follow the KISS principle to the nth, and as such >>> threading in PHP doesn't make a lot of sense to me. I'm yet to come >>> across a problem I couldn't solve with pure PHP, but when the need >>> arises I have no issue mixing in a little C++, Python, Ruby, or >>> whatever, to meet my performance and scalability goals. I go to the >>> mountain, I don't sit there complaining that the mountain ain't >>> moving in my direction! >> >> your metaphor is funny but inaccurate. therefore invalid. > > You say it's inaccurate, therefore invalid, but offer no argument as > to why. You want the tools to change to fit the way you want to work, > rather than adapting to the tools you have available. I stand by my > metaphor, both the humour and the message. FWIW, I thought your metaphor was spot on. Programming is a craft, craftsmen use tools, whether hammers or PHP. >> work to do, are often better implemented with a non-sql solution that >> can use threading and shared memory support. period. > > I completely agree, but I wouldn't go near PHP for a realtime system > in a million years. It's the wrong tool for the job. +1. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (13.2°C)