From: | Lamar Owen <lamar(dot)owen(at)wgcr(dot)org> |
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To: | kparker(at)eudoramail(dot)com |
Cc: | pgsql-general(at)hub(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Re: web programming |
Date: | 2000-09-26 20:38:41 |
Message-ID: | 39D10951.76227C02@wgcr.org |
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K Parker wrote:
>
> > (and PHP4 as well, although you really don't
> > need PHP with the built-in TCL, unless you
> > already have some PHP code)
> AOLServer comes with a built-in PHP4 interpreter these days?
No -- PHP4 supports AOLserver's API now, just like Apache. See the PHP4
pages for more info.
> That's fabulous; I'll have to give it another look. As far as your statement above, in my opinion TCL itself is the strongest argument for "needing" PHP. :-)
Aw, tcl code is easy -- once you get past the command/string paradigm if
you're used to function/expression coding. It's just different.
And, if you do decide to give OpenACS a try, you'll find many seriously
useful procedures defined for you, even if you don't use the actual ACS
codebase. Stuff like the nice 'set_the_usual_form_variables' procedure.
And the AOLserver API is strong in db-functionality -- it beats PHP's db
API for one, and only one, reason -- AOLserver's tcl (and C) db API is
regular -- that is, there isn't one set of functions for PostgreSQL and
a whole different set for MySQL -- there is a single ns_db API that is
regular across all the databases. DB-specific extensions are handled
through things like ns_ora for Oracle, ns_pg for PostgreSQL, etc.
And I do PHP programming (for hire) as well as AOLserver TCL, so I have
a good basis for that remark. Although I wouldn't count myself a PHP
'guru', I do understand the language, and can make it do what I want.
Likewise with AOLserver TCL.
It's just another language. No better; no worse.
If I had to use Z80 machine code (in hexadecimal) to do web pages, I
would -- it's just another language. (but, then again, Z80 hex machine
code is my native tongue, so _anything_ is easier from my point of
view).
--
Lamar Owen
WGCR Internet Radio
1 Peter 4:11
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