Re: [OT] Perl vs. PHP..... but where is mod_perl?

2002-10-21 Thread Jeff Stuart
soapbox Ok, I've been watching the list for most of the day and watching bashing of PHP (which IMHO is idiotic and immature but again, JMHO). I have ALWAYS said, use the right tool for the right job. PHP has it's place. IMNSHO, it's place is web interfaces. It's GOOD at that. That's what it

Re: [OT] Perl vs. PHP..... but where is mod_perl?

2002-10-21 Thread Alfred Vahau
It is now clear that the article is no longer available so I can't have first hand information. But the listings on the subject is clear what the issue is all about. In this part of the world where open source software is yet to make its impact, the language war does a lot of damage to our cause

Re: [OT] Perl vs. PHP..... but where is mod_perl?

2002-10-21 Thread Thomas Eibner
On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 05:05:47PM +0100, Jeff AA wrote: - I get The requested story: 19716 has not been published (set live) yet. when I visit http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/19716.html Do you think the lists comments upset someone? 8-) It better have. I'm sure the php

Re: [OT] Perl vs. PHP..... but where is mod_perl?

2002-10-21 Thread Jeff Stuart
soapbox Ok, I've been watching the list for most of the day and watching bashing of PHP (which IMHO is idiotic and immature but again, JMHO). I have ALWAYS said, use the right tool for the right job. PHP has it's place. IMNSHO, it's place is web interfaces. It's GOOD at that. That's what it

Re: [OT] Perl vs. PHP..... but where is mod_perl?

2002-10-19 Thread Chris Winters
On Fri, 2002-10-18 at 17:46, Tobyn Baugher wrote: As someone fairly new to mod_perl could you make a suggestion of a good alternative to Apache::Cookie? I was using it just because, like Apache::Request, it was *there*. The pure-perl CGI::Cookie works fine. Chris -- Chris Winters ([EMAIL

Re: [OT] Perl vs. PHP..... but where is mod_perl?

2002-10-19 Thread Perrin Harkins
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Btw when I mean escalate, i mean that the odds of any browser getting a segfaulting page were increased, not that they are random - a particular request - URI,User-Agent,Accept,Cookie, etc combo - consistently segfaults, at least for a few days. Then it's probably

Re: [OT] Perl vs. PHP..... but where is mod_perl?

2002-10-19 Thread Perrin Harkins
Chris Winters wrote: On Fri, 2002-10-18 at 17:46, Tobyn Baugher wrote: As someone fairly new to mod_perl could you make a suggestion of a good alternative to Apache::Cookie? I was using it just because, like Apache::Request, it was *there*. The pure-perl CGI::Cookie works fine.

[OT] Perl vs. PHP..... but where is mod_perl?

2002-10-18 Thread Richard Clarke
List, http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/19716.html ...sigh? Ric

Re: [OT] Perl vs. PHP..... but where is mod_perl?

2002-10-18 Thread allan juul
odd yes, they are up to date it seems head('http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/19716.html') returns: Apache/1.3.26 (Unix) PHP/4.2.2 mod_perl/1.27 bad article BTW IMHO ./allan Quoting Richard Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED]: List, http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/19716.html ...sigh?

Re: [OT] Perl vs. PHP..... but where is mod_perl?

2002-10-18 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
Richard == Richard Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Richard List, Richard http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/19716.html Richard ...sigh? mod_perl is still in the bucket of clues that they didn't dip in to. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095

Re: [OT] Perl vs. PHP..... but where is mod_perl?

2002-10-18 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
allan == allan juul [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: allan odd yes, they are up to date it seems allan head('http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/19716.html') allan returns: allan Apache/1.3.26 (Unix) PHP/4.2.2 mod_perl/1.27 allan bad article BTW IMHO allan ./allan Heh. They really *don't*

Re: [OT] Perl vs. PHP..... but where is mod_perl?

2002-10-18 Thread Dzuy Nguyen
What do you expect from (PHP) amateurs? Apparently Perl is too complicated for them to comprehend, never mind mod_perl. Randal L. Schwartz wrote: allan == allan juul [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: allan odd yes, they are up to date it seems allan

Re: [OT] Perl vs. PHP..... but where is mod_perl?

2002-10-18 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
Dzuy == Dzuy Nguyen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dzuy What do you expect from (PHP) amateurs? Apparently Perl is too Dzuy complicated for them to comprehend, Dzuy never mind mod_perl. And according to my thread at use.perl http://use.perl.org/~merlyn/journal/8445, the article just got pulled! --

RE: [OT] Perl vs. PHP..... but where is mod_perl?

2002-10-18 Thread Jeff AA
- I get The requested story: 19716 has not been published (set live) yet. when I visit http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/19716.html Do you think the lists comments upset someone? 8-)

RE: [OT] Perl vs. PHP..... but where is mod_perl?

2002-10-18 Thread Wiswell, Virginia
based on the article, i am surprised that anyone at newsfactor would get the objections, much less remove the article. -Original Message- From: Jeff AA [mailto:jaa.perl;aquabolt.com] Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 12:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [OT] Perl vs. PHP

Re: [OT] Perl vs. PHP..... but where is mod_perl?

2002-10-18 Thread Cory 'G' Watson
Randal L. Schwartz wrote: Dzuy What do you expect from (PHP) amateurs? Apparently Perl is too Dzuy complicated for them to comprehend, Dzuy never mind mod_perl. And according to my thread at use.perl http://use.perl.org/~merlyn/journal/8445, the article just got pulled! The article says PHP

RE: [OT] Perl vs. PHP..... but where is mod_perl?

2002-10-18 Thread Jesse Erlbaum
Hey All - based on the article, i am surprised that anyone at newsfactor would get the objections, much less remove the article. After scanning a few NewsFactor (Factory?) articles, particularly those written by Mike Martin, it's pretty clear that they have a successful Internet business

Re: [OT] Perl vs. PHP..... but where is mod_perl?

2002-10-18 Thread jjore
] cc: Subject:Re: [OT] Perl vs. PHP. but where is mod_perl? Randal L. Schwartz wrote: Dzuy What do you expect from (PHP) amateurs? Apparently Perl is too Dzuy complicated for them to comprehend, Dzuy never mind mod_perl. And according to my thread at use.perl http

Re: [OT] Perl vs. PHP..... but where is mod_perl?

2002-10-18 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
jjore == jjore [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: jjore If you completely left CPAN out of the picture then just as a jjore language and syntax it isn't all that nice anyway. *shrugs* jjore I've yet to understand what the appeal is. PHP is just barely limited enough that an ISP can leave it enabled

Re: [OT] Perl vs. PHP..... but where is mod_perl?

2002-10-18 Thread Eric
PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: [OT] Perl vs. PHP. but where is mod_perl? Randal L. Schwartz wrote: Dzuy What do you expect from (PHP) amateurs? Apparently Perl is too Dzuy complicated for them to comprehend, Dzuy never mind mod_perl. And according to my thread

Re: [OT] Perl vs. PHP..... but where is mod_perl?

2002-10-18 Thread Jordan Ward
PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Cory 'G' Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 1:47 PM Subject: Re: [OT] Perl vs. PHP. but where is mod_perl? Hi, I am always happy to join into some PHP bashing. :) I feel the same way as you. I even tried to like PHP

Re: [OT] Perl vs. PHP..... but where is mod_perl?

2002-10-18 Thread dbohling
Whoa guys, we do actually have somewhat of a clue over here. That piece was a mistake (for the same reasons all of you took issue with) and was pulled as soon as I explained the problems with it (and before I'd ever seen any of the comments on list). The url to the story, and most of our site,

Re: [OT] Perl vs. PHP..... but where is mod_perl?

2002-10-18 Thread Perrin Harkins
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a bug introduced by having to insert workarounds for segfaults caused by Apache::Cooke/mod_perl. I've been asking for help with this issue for off and on for months now. I suggest you stop using Apache::Cookie and see if the segfaults go away. There are pure

Re: [OT] Perl vs. PHP..... but where is mod_perl?

2002-10-18 Thread Cory 'G' Watson
Randal L. Schwartz wrote: What confuses me is how anyone with a *programming* background admires PHP over Perl, or can say that Perl doesn't scale or PHP is better for large web sites. Obviously, they're comparing Perl-CGI with PHP, not mod_perl/$templating_system with PHP, which would be a much

Re: [OT] Perl vs. PHP..... but where is mod_perl?

2002-10-18 Thread Tobyn Baugher
On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 03:26:17PM -0400, Perrin Harkins wrote: I suggest you stop using Apache::Cookie and see if the segfaults go away. There are pure Perl modules that handle cookies well, and it's not an expensive operation. Apache::Cookie is probably overkill in most situations. As

Re: [OT] Perl vs. PHP..... but where is mod_perl?

2002-10-18 Thread dbohling
Perrin Harkins wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a bug introduced by having to insert workarounds for segfaults caused by Apache::Cooke/mod_perl. I've been asking for help with this issue for off and on for months now. I suggest you stop using Apache::Cookie and see if the segfaults