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Re: query: how many use PHP for linux scripts [message #185975 is a reply to message #185967] Fri, 16 May 2014 07:17 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
crankypuss is currently offline  crankypuss
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On 05/15/2014 10:37 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 15/05/14 17:07, crankypuss wrote:
>> On 05/15/2014 06:34 AM, Jasen Betts wrote:
>>> On 2014-05-14, Ben Bacarisse <ben(dot)usenet(at)bsb(dot)me(dot)uk> wrote:
>>>> The Natural Philosopher <tnp(at)invalid(dot)invalid> writes:
>>>>
>>>> > On 13/05/14 21:35, Tim Streater wrote:
>>>> <snip>
>>>> >> I can't be arsed to fiddle around with C these days. Too much faffing
>>>> >> around with declarations - and no string handling to speak of either.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Non-issues in PHP.
>>>> >>
>>>> > string handling is the chief reason I prefer C..
>>>>
>>>> That seems odd since PHP has almost every single low-level C string
>>>> function available to it. You can strspn and strncmp to your heart's
>>>> content in PHP. Pretty much the only ones missing are strcat and
>>>> strcpy
>>>> but, surely, they can't be why you prefer C.
>>>>
>>>> A PHP translation of C string handling would inevitably be simpler
>>>> since
>>>> there would be no need manage the storage. That's the biggest
>>>> advantage
>>>> in my opinion, even if never used any of PHP's more complex string
>>>> manipulation.
>>>
>>> white program the reads a text file and swaps every pair of lines and
>>> writes
>>> a new file.
>>>
>>> so
>>>
>>> one
>>> two
>>> three
>>> four
>>>
>>>
>>> becomes
>>>
>>>
>>> two
>>> one
>>> four
>>> three
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> design it to work on any text file.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> including files with lines larger than RAM + swap.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> if it must work, it's easier in C.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Read 2 lines, swap, write 2 lines to output file, rinse & repeat, what's
>> the big deal? (Maybe I'm not getting it, I *am* feeling kind of stupid
>> this morning.)
>
> its where you put the lines that wont fit in even virtual memory..
>
>
> And I think he is making a point.
>
> When the standard tools and assumptions of the language let you down, C
> will get you the solution where PHP will not.

I think he's taken you in with a red herring, but I can't see where it
matters one way or another.
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