Paul: Not sure why my post didn't cc to the list, originally. I think I picked up on your tone, but the one thing I had intended to add was the dynamic that the more I do this stuff, the more I find myself just having to "get over" some of the more ugly and cludged implementations due to limitations in what our end-users/clients are willing to let us do. In other words: who cares. They'll never really look at it that closely and if another developer comes in several years later to make any changes/enhancements, they'll probably just do a rewrite.
Once upon a time, I thought you could code elegantly, and C/C++ is about the only realm in which I see this to still be possible. PHP/ASP and _especially!!!_ ColdFusion are impossible to write elegant and easy to document code, but I think PHP is the best of these evils since it has such a huge function set. ASP is worthless for other reasons, and CF is just disgusting to look at. I _realize_ Perl is fast, and powerful. I really _do_ realize that. But, it's ugly. It looks like Snoopy swearing characters, and you can talk (write) about how it's elegant until you're blue in the face, but show it to a CIO/CFO and they'll tell you it's ugly, and they're quite correct. But, people program in it extensively, and do great things with it; it's just ugly. And, so are most implementations. In a perfect world, everyone would use C/C++, but they don't and I don't care. I'll use it if I choose to. I'll use Perl to do quick and dirty things. And, I'll code ColdFusion if someone is offering me money to do so. At the end of the day, no programming/technology is pretty; where are those beer nuts. And, BTW, clearly there's no one better equipped to point out your original thoughts on what _can_ be done in Perl. --mysql, table, drop, explain, database-- Best Regards, Van -- ================================================================= Linux rocks!!! http://www.dedserius.com/ ================================================================= Paul DuBois wrote: > (some stuff I snipped) > http://www.kitebird.com/mysql-perl/ > > >You can do all these things from perl. Or PHP, or CF, or ASP. Just pass your > >variables to an external web-server running it's own proprietary web database > >and you'll get what you need. > > > >Sorry; am I speaking out of step, here? We all do this... I run MySQL on my > >own servers, but my clients are still pretty thick-headed... they > >use M$Access > >and ColdFusion. And, I can still drop and add columns through a > >web-interface. > >It's very ugly, but it still works. Is there anyone here making a living that > >doesn't have to work through such interface-specific things? > > > >Didn't think so; but, in a perfect world, we'd all be doing things ANSI SQL > >92... Whatever... pass the beer nuts. >:) > > > >Van --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
