[Techtalk] PHP vs Python

[Bethany Seeger]

I've programmed in C for years and pretty much picked up PHP overnight 
as the syntax was fairly similar. Since it's used for many websites, you 
get all the global variables and what not - that was tricker to learn, 
BUT it's standard for any web language, so it wasn't PHP that was tricky 
there. 

It integrates nicely with MySQL, making it very easy to use them together. 

I really liked PHP and look forward to coding again in it some day.  I 
think it's fairly scaleably.  My husbands company uses it for a fairly 
large document management website.  Their code keeps growing and getting 
better and better (I think.:).

Before PHP, I used Java Server Pages (JSPs) for a year or so.  To me, 
PHP was just plane easier, and I think, faster too - but I have no 
specific bench marks.   (I'm guessing that JSPs would be easier for 
someone with a Java background.)

If you're comparing PHP and Python, I'd agree with Monique that they're 
not really two languages that should be compared -- say, like JSPs and 
PHP could be.

No feedback on Python. I only use the interpreter occasionally for 
calculations.   When I want to write a script, it's not the first 
language I've thought of -- mostly cause there's been alot of buzz about 
Ruby -- so I've tinkered with that instead.

-Bethany
> On Tue, Apr 13 at 11:34, nuhaa penned:
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>> hola!
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>> the place i work in (Open Source Competency Centre, Malaysia) is
>> doing the benchmark for PHP and Python, that at the end of it, the
>> report is going to be published to the public.
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>> i would like to ask for some input from both Python & PHP
>> developers.
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>> things we're looking at at the moment: - speed - scalability -
>> syntax - .. your input here...
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