[snip] I merely wished to dispel the common, newb impression that PHP is the only realistic choice. [/snip]
I don't think that is the impression but I think that the low barrier to entry and extensive support community make PHP a widely acceptable choice. I have seen many a newb turned off by the communities surrounding other languages (I have seen it in PHP too) but by and large the PHP community is pretty accepting and willing to teach young programmers how to fish. You always have to use the right tool for the job though. The question is "are we teaching the inexperienced programmers what the right tools are? -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org
