There is java implementation of PHP. http://caucho.com/resin-3.1/doc/quercus.xtp
Thursday, November 30, 2006, 5:24:41 PM, you wrote: CS> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- CS> Hash: SHA1 CS> Martin, CS> Martin Gainty wrote: >> This is going O/T so feel free to ping me off the list >> >> These current graphs may help if you want to gage PHP assignments >> http://mshiltonj.com/sm/categories/languages_p-z/ >> then compare to Java assignments >> http://mshiltonj.com/sm/categories/languages_a-m/ CS> Wow... Java seems to enjoy a nice margin over the others. My experience CS> has been that Java developers are not that much in demand -- at least CS> not in the DC area. >> Can you show how a simle math routine or for loop routne in a script >> language PHP performs faster than a language java? CS> I believe that PHP is not entirely interpreted, at least not all the CS> time. It's unclear to me what Zend brings to the table, honestly. I CS> think what you'll find is that most web apps are very simple, and that CS> the performance characteristics of each language are far outweighed by CS> the performance of network connections (both HTTP and database) as well CS> as any database activity that you are doing in your app. >> Can you show how PHP supports <multi-threading>? CS> Yeah, PHP doesn't really do threads. You have to rely on the web CS> server's request processing configuration for concurrency. One advantage CS> of PHP is that pretty much everything is isolated (at least, if you use CS> apache httpd and the prefork MPM), so you generally need not worry about CS> synchronization, etc. -- at least not for objects and such. >> Can you show how PHP supports inheritance, polymorphism and encapsulation? CS> I don't think any of that is available in PHP. They do have objects, but CS> they are loosely typed, which sort of blurs definition of "true" OO. CS> Still, I maintain that most webapps are stupid simple, and many don't CS> even write their own code outside of CRUD functions. Since those types CS> of things don't require you to know anything about OO, many developers CS> can get away without an OO language. >> Can you show how PHP supports all Java scope (request/page and application)? CS> The request scope /does/ exist, and the page scope implicitly exists CS> since a PHP script can be thought of a one big method (kinda like a CS> vanilla JSP page). The application scope pretty much does not exist. CS> There is a "global" scope, but I am unclear as to the behavior across CS> multiple instances of the PHP engine... for instance, does each script CS> get a separate copy of the "global" variable? Probably. Does that make CS> it not really a global variable? I suppose that depends on your point of CS> view. CS> The bottom line for the whole PHP versus Java thing for me is perceived CS> complexity of a project. If I want it done super fast and super simple, CS> I'll go for PHP. If I want to actually architect something, then I'll CS> turn to Java. My experience has been that as PHP projects grow, they CS> become very difficult to maintain. Not so (or, at least, not so much!) CS> with Java. CS> Just my .02. CS> - -chris CS> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- CS> Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (MingW32) CS> Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org CS> iD8DBQFFbve59CaO5/Lv0PARAtL5AKCnv/4r+x3IwHciEPqCSc+HlUu64wCffgNw CS> x1TiKimfohpVEURjN6tAcQI= CS> =b1TS CS> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- CS> --------------------------------------------------------------------- CS> To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org CS> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CS> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Best regards, Dima mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
