Re: Re: PHP a lightweight language?

most c compilers are self-hosting. iirc it's one of the best tests of your compiler. Gfunk - http://www.gfunk007.com/ I sense much beer in you. Beer leads to intoxication, intoxication to hangovers, and hangovers to... suffering. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Hinsley" <jhinsley@telinco.co.uk> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 3:32 PM Subject: [PHP] Re: PHP a lightweight language? > > > Michael Hall <lists@mulga.com.au> wrote > > > > > > 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. > > Seems to me that most languages can be considered "lightweight" in some > respects. After all, couldn't C be considered lightweight compared with > machine code? > > And then, most languages are written in something else (something > heavier?): if I remember correctly, Squeak is about the only thing that > really eats its own dog food. And, from what I remember, such recursion > wasn't straightforward! > > It's really a silly discussion. PHP does what it does exceptionally > well. You'd be barking mad to write an operating system in it, but you'd > be equally crazy to write a C application to do what a shell script does > or to use Java to run a regex on a text file. > > The reason, I think, that there are so many languages out there is that > each has its advantages when used in a particular context. It may be > able to work out of context, but the overheads in development and/or > compilation or run time build up. > > -- > **************************************************************************** ** > Marx: "Why do Anarchists only drink herbal tea?" > Proudhon: "Because all proper tea is theft." > **************************************************************************** ** > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >