Re: [PHP-DEV] compiled modules VS. code in php

2001-11-19 Thread jimmy elab
Zeev Suraski wrote: > > Generally, a perfect C implementation will always be quicker than a PHP > implementation, because the scripting engine has its overhead. It's my impression that an average PHP script will run faster on a heavily loaded apache server than a compiled executable will get loa

Re: [PHP-DEV] sytanx again

2001-11-16 Thread jimmy elab
Andi Gutmans wrote: > It seems that most people support convincing argument against I will add liked the many people seem to like it, it makes sense to have sake. Let's put it this way: who cares. It doesn't break any existing code, does it? As long as nobody is *obliged* to use it... Howeve

[PHP-DEV] Re: rtf

2001-11-13 Thread jimmy elab
Manuel Lemos wrote: > > > I have complete RTF parser and writer code written in C that I am > willing to donate if anybody is willing to turn it into a PHP module. It's time we generate a platform somewhere. > BTW, if you just give a RTF document module the .doc extension, Word > will still b

Re: [PHP-DEV] rtf

2001-11-13 Thread jimmy elab
Markus Fischer wrote: > > Your module is only capable of producing RTF right? Not parsing > it? Yes, well... depends how you interpret the word 'parsing'. If parsing is interpreted in the programmers-sense, i.e. building a parse-tree of any kind: no. I'm not interested in doing a sort of RTF-vie

[PHP-DEV] rtf

2001-11-12 Thread jimmy elab
Is there anybody working on an RTF (rich text format) module? If not: what requirements would one like for it to have, and for me to build it? If so: What's the state. I'm thinking of a module like the one for PDF. RTF has a few tricky parts, with respect to whitespace and tag-recognition. I've