Re: Why php and not C?

From: Bob (clarke_at_qualitythink.com)
Date: 01/26/04 

Date: 26 Jan 2004 05:53:29 -0800

Enough said.
Thanks for the replies.

The right sized tool for the job at hand.

I was just wondering if in all the years I missed something.
Sometimes the simplest answer is the right one.

asomya@uncc.edu (Mad Max) wrote in message news:<18906fa9.0401251042.3497a874@posting.google.com>...
> You have to admit that PHP is really a whole damn lot easier and
> "tweakeable" than C but for mission critical systems where speed is of
> the essence the service providers still rely on a compiled CGI script
> written in C rather than interpreted languages like PHP etc..
>
> You can say that C certainly beats interpreters in speed.. but have
> you ever really tried writing a CGi app in C, it really is
> overkill.... add to it the fact that the script has to be compiled
> every time u make minor changes, variables have to be carefully
> defined, memory has to be taken care of ... and so on...
>
> bye
> Arvind
>
> clarke@qualitythink.com (Bob) wrote in message news:<cfa521f2.0401250455.70fc87ab@posting.google.com>...
> > When I first started in web programming (I left it for more than a few
> > years) I programmed my web pages in C and a little perl. Now that I
> > have a need to come back to web programming I find that php is all the
> > rage.
> >
> > But looking a php syntax I can't help but notice it is very C like,
> > which is no surprise.
> >
> > But I wonder, other than the lack of pointers in php (not a bad thing
> > I admit!) and the ease in which php does variables, litte to no
> > typing, why does it seem that no one is programming the web in C?
> >
> > C it would seem had the advantage of an established language, a very
> > native language for the servers and it compiles down to executable.
> >
> > Why did php gain a foothold and take off?

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