> From: Lazor, Ed [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Hi, Ed. > and I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one he's helped. That > garners even more respect - IMHO. I'm new on the list, so I really don't know Rasmus, or what he does. As far as I've read messages, he seems to be really appreciated and respected, one way or another. > I think this last point shows that this a battle between > ASP and PHP - not necessarily an OS / platform war. More > books, support, programming tools (libraries, editors, > etc.) and jobs based around the PHP programming language > would help tremendously. Have to agree with that. Though I've seen lots of books and all that stuff spring from -almost- nowhere. > >To write PHP extensions on Windows I think Visual C++ is more > >appropriate. > Does gcc (or some other free C programming language) for > Windows exist? Not exactly. You can install cygwin under NT/2K and have a shell and a host of other utilities (even bash!) that make your winbox almost cross-platform (at least for development, I think). -- Un gran saludo/Big regards... Arturo Barajas Sistemas PPG SJR +52 (427) 271-9100, ext. 448 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
