Re: [nyphp-talk] What does Java provide, redux

2009-08-15 Thread Leam Hall
Ajai Khattri wrote: On Sat, 15 Aug 2009, Leam Hall wrote: Of course, now part of me wonders if Python could cover where PHP doesn't and we could keep Java contained in the Uni classroom. That might help computer load levels a good bit... Why not Ruby? Nothing I've read in Ruby made sense.

Re: [nyphp-talk] Drupal Digging Deep

2009-08-15 Thread Steve Manes
Peter Sawczynec wrote: The Drupal site is very informative. But turning to the Drupal user/developer/administrators out there, is there some alternative website(s), book(s) or blog(s) where you have turned and have found invaluable Drupal info over time? For me, Pro Drupal Development was ev

Re: [nyphp-talk] Java provides???

2009-08-15 Thread Ben Sgro
Hey Edward, Right on man - I love coding w/obj-c/iphone/xcode. The workflow within XCode is awesome - I find it really productive and I love the integration w/gdb/IB. Obj-c itself has some cool features, like all the NSString convenience methods, @synthesized getters/setters, along with all the

Re: [nyphp-talk] What does Java provide, redux

2009-08-15 Thread Ajai Khattri
On Sat, 15 Aug 2009, Leam Hall wrote: > Of course, now part of me wonders if Python could cover where PHP > doesn't and we could keep Java contained in the Uni classroom. That > might help computer load levels a good bit... Why not Ruby? -- Aj. __

Re: [nyphp-talk] Java provides???

2009-08-15 Thread Ajai Khattri
On Fri, 14 Aug 2009, Edward Potter wrote: > After spending 10 years with Java, I jumped into ObjC on the iPhone/Mac > platform. I think it just blows Java away. Really makes programming Fun > again. Give it a try. You may be AMAZED at how good ObjC is. I like to call it Obfuscated-C :-) Actua

[nyphp-talk] What does Java provide, redux

2009-08-15 Thread Leam Hall
Thanks folks! So there are some things like concurrency and XSLT 2.0 that Java provides that makes it a contender in the system space. I'm not really programmer enough to get that part but I'll accept your thoughts. :) Of course, now part of me wonders if Python could cover where PHP doesn'