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Re: query: how many use PHP for linux scripts [message #185909 is a reply to message #185891] Wed, 14 May 2014 10:40 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Chris Ahlstrom is currently offline  Chris Ahlstrom
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Jerry Stuckle wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> On 5/13/2014 8:26 PM, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>>
>> Use what makes *you* feel productive. For me, that is currently C++, one of
>> the most flexible languages ever.
>
> I agree it depends on the situation. But the language needs to be what
> the JOB requires - not what makes you feel productive.
>
> Along with PHP, I also do C (almost 30 years), c++ (25 years), Java (10
> years) and other languages. The language I use is completely dependent
> on the job.

In other words, simply on someone's past decisions, for the most part.

> For instance - C++ is nice, but doesn't work well with Linux Device
> Drivers. You're better off using C for that. And it can't be as easily
> modified and changed as PHP, which works great as a scripting language.
> I would never, for instance, use C++ to do the SPAM email parsing and
> updating; PHP has tools which making parsing emails easy, unlike C++.
> But at the same time I would never try to write a GUI program in PHP.

Every language, it seems, converges on the same large feature set and
incorporates many third-party libraries to do various tasks. Even C++.
Check out Boost sometime, and Qt.

The big differences, I think, are in the infrastructure surrounding the
languages. Java vs C++, for example.

Anyway, I basically agree with you.

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A possum must be himself, and being himself he is honest.
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