> It has a shallow learning curve, you can take an HTML page and just insert
> bits of PHP into it as you go along.
> If you are talking about commercial sites with heavy server loads, I'm sure
> perl could beat PHP, and I'm sure the flexibility makes perl more of a power
> users tool, but I've not seen PHP pushed in that direction.
I've been emailing John Gold back and forth today about PHP and this is
pretty much exactly what I said to him. Basically, that the learning
curve was shallow and that I wouldn't use it for heavy duty, happy
hardcore sites that ran on serious big iron.
One of the major things that's holding PHP back is the fact that
installing extensions is an arse and that there's no central extension
repository. But then not many languages apart from Perl.
Randal once said soemthign to me along the lines of "It's like riding a
Harley Davidson with stabilisers on" which I think was near enough to
the point but also wrong. PHP is like a scooter compared to a Harley.
Who wants ot ride a scooter round London but then again who wants to go
on a road trip round the States on a scooter?
