Re[2]: [PEAR-DEV] Some more plane hacking...

> Please don't cut the other reasons :-) I just wanted to comment one of them, so I found logical to keep only this one ... The others are in the archives. :) >> Speed is often a real issue for professional use of PHP, so having >> some of the core components of PEAR available as extensions would be >> great ! > Let's define "professional". I have one server with 1,5 millon > _hits_ a day with php, templates, postgres, and it's running fast > and smooth. Great, but what is the mean time of each request ? Do you use any caching tool ? I think Zend Cache would increase a lot PEAR based developments performances, but I have never tested it. "Professional" leads to "profit", and I think those who have money should use Zend Cache. > The amount of speed you can gain optimizing classes is nothing > compared to optimizing queries, databse, SO, web server. I agree, but IMHO, having database abstraction and error handling in the core of PHP would be a really good thing. Not only for performances, but also for ease of use. >> I think it could be possible to have both the C and the PHP versions >> running together, the right choice being made "automagicaly", don't >> you think ? :) > > If so, yeah no problem and no more discuss :-). Great. > But I (and I'm sure many others) don't want to spend > 4 hours > propagating changes of a C extension thru servers with differents > operating systems/c libs, when I can do it in two minutes with > .php's. I also prefer php over C (maybe because I fear compilation stage) but we are talking about stable classes which are rewriten in C, so their API should not change, and there is no compatibility issue here ... > Just ask a question if you let me: the guys who are promoting C > extension will join to pear and work in the this C extensions? will > maintain them? will ensure cross-platform/cross-compiler ability? > will attend bug reports? As for other extensions, the maintainers are responsible of all that, and each extension/class/package has it's own "vitality" which tells us if it's reliable. I apologize if my speach is not clear, but it is a simple mirror of my boiling brain ... :) -Nicolas -- Nicolas "Brush" HOIZEY Free PHP projects http://www.phpheaven.net Veille tous azimuts http://www.gasteroprod.com