Re: PHP vs Perl

[Ken Keefe <kaje@digitalfamily.org>]

I already am somewhat proficient in LISP and I'd like to use nothing
but, for that matter. However, I have yet to see how I can write LISP
code for the web, GUI, or any other commercial application.

Ken

On Thu, 2004-08-05 at 00:36, Robert Citek wrote:
> Short answer: both.
> 
> On Wednesday, Aug 4, 2004, at 15:31 US/Central, Ken Keefe wrote:
> > I personally am not afraid of code, in fact I am more afraid of taking 
> > the easy way and therefore not knowing what is going on in the 
> > background. For right now, I want to be able to write message boards, 
> > account systems, and other web apps that work with MySQL.  But I want 
> > to also prepare myself with skills that will be very valuable 
> > commercially in the years to come. So, should I keep heading for PHP 
> > or should I reconsider Perl?
> 
> In the web world, they work slightly differently.  With perl you write 
> code to generate all the HTML.  With PHP you embed your PHP within the 
> HTML.  If you want to quickly get up to speed with LAMP (Linux, Apache, 
> MySQL, PHP/Perl/Phython) stuff, then start with PHP.  PHP's strong 
> points: has an easy learning curve, is meant for the LAMP niche, and 
> enables you to build useful web apps quickly.  To wit: php-nuke, 
> post-nuke, phpwebsite, phpmyadmin, phpbb, NOLA, etc.
> 
> Perl is for everything else.
> 
> If you want to be valuable for years to come, learn lisp or a 
> lisp-variant like scheme (or guile - comes with most linux distros).  
> Not so much for the language, but rather for how it shapes how you 
> think about programming problems, which is what you are really getting 
> paid for.
> 
> Just my $0.000002.
> 
> Regards,
> - Robert
> 
> 
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