RE: PHP a lightweight language?

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------- Disclaimer: The information contained in this email is intended only for the use of the person(s) to whom it is addressed and may be confidential or contain legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any perusal, use, distribution, copying or disclosure is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please immediately advise us by return email at postmaster@normandy.com.au and delete the email document without making a copy. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------- Mmmmm, i really think that PHP is considered lightweight by some becuase: 1. Its easy. (Compare to C, Java, and the inconsistancies of VB) We all know that real programmers only program in **** (insert the hardest thing you know eg: Machine Code, Fortran, C++ or Basic if you're pretty sad) with VI installed on on an Commodore 64 with a tape drive... 2. It's a scripting language. This does make PHP seem less like a "real language", even though a compiled Java class file still needs an interpreter. But of course any comments like "PHP a lightweight language?" are typically flamebait, and i would ignore them (well i will next time) mn Mark Nold markn@enspace.com <mailto:markn@enspace.com> Senior Consultant   Change is inevitable, except from vending machines. -----Original Message----- From: Michael Hall [mailto:lists@mulga.com.au] Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 6:49 AM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: PHP a lightweight language? I'm interested in the proposition made recently on this list that PHP is somehow a 'lightweight' language that some people don't take seriously. I am relatively new to Linux and open source programming and only really know PHP and some shell scripting, though I am now starting to explore Python. I have had a quick overview of several languages and it seems to me that they all deal with the same basic components and logic: variables statements flow control functions classes etc etc etc So I'm wondering, apart from the fact that PHP is web centric, what features does the language lack that prevent some from taking it seriously? It appears to me to use the same basic elements and logic as any other programming language. Maybe it doesn't have tedious requirements for memory management like C, but so what? Neither does Python. Any comments appreciated. Mick