Re: Better Perl

Jonathan Peterson wrote:
> Make of it what you will. Most interesting I thought
was his belief that 
> people who previously would have written off PHP were
now attempting to 
> use it, but to use it like a proper language.

I was talking to the CTO of a supplier/partner of ours
t'other day and 
found that their backend messaging system which handles a
*lot* of 
traffic is written in php but doesn't serve a single web
page.

He gave the same answer I gave when asked about choosing
perl - because 
it's what we know and could do the job fast enough.

If php6 does turn out to be a "proper" language
then it may start to 
threaten in non-web areas.

S.

Simon Wilcox wrote:
> Jonathan Peterson wrote:
>> Make of it what you will. Most interesting I
thought was his belief 
>> that people who previously would have written off
PHP were now 
>> attempting to use it, but to use it like a proper
language.
> 
> I was talking to the CTO of a supplier/partner of ours
t'other day and 
> found that their backend messaging system which handles
a *lot* of 
> traffic is written in php but doesn't serve a single
web page.
> 
> He gave the same answer I gave when asked about
choosing perl - because 
> it's what we know and could do the job fast enough.
> 
> If php6 does turn out to be a "proper"
language then it may start to 
> threaten in non-web areas.
> 

Interesting. So it might become nearly as useful as Perl?
;)