Re: PHP vs Perl

[Erich Schroeder <erich@museum.state.il.us>]

On Thu, 5 Aug 2004, Ken Keefe wrote:

> 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.

I don't know anything about it, but does "Lisp in Mozilla" give an option?

http://www.sieve.net/mscheme/

probably not.

Erich
 
> 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
> > 
> > 
> > -
> > To unsubscribe, send email to majordomo@silug.org with
> > "unsubscribe silug-discuss" in the body.
> 
> 
> -
> To unsubscribe, send email to majordomo@silug.org with
> "unsubscribe silug-discuss" in the body.
> 

-- 
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Erich Schroeder                    Phone: (217)785-0033
Curator, Information Technologies  FAX:   (217)785-2857
Illinois State Museum GIS Lab      email:erich(at)illinois.state.museum
                 http://illinois.state.museum/
---------------------------------------------------------------------


-
To unsubscribe, send email to majordomo@silug.org with
"unsubscribe silug-discuss" in the body.