language integration: php vs. perl vs. java vs. python vs. c#

Hi folks, I'm currently thinking about ways to integrate several other languages beside php into the zend engine. For example perl and php seem to be quite similar. Some perl experts told me, there're some things in perl which php semantically does not support, especially for OPP, but perhaps these come w/ php-5 ? And what's w/ other languages, like java (at least source code, not binary). Does PHP-5 already provide packages, interfaces and exceptions ? Could packages probably be emulated by the parser. For java integration it would be interesting if higher-level-classes (i.e. hashes) could be directly handled by zend's features or extensions (i.e. database connections, SSL, ...), instead of pure java implementations and so it would also be quite fast. And what's w/ python ? I never really used it, but on some quick looks, it seems sementically similar to java (but different syntax) Would this be possible / useful ? Am I perhaps missing or misunderstandung something ? regards, -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrico Weigelt == metux IT services phone: +49 36207 519931 www: http://www.metux.de/ fax: +49 36207 519932 email: contact@metux.de cellphone: +49 174 7066481 --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- DSL-Zugang ab 0 Euro. -- statische IP -- UUCP -- Hosting -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------