You know, anyone can write articles and put them out there...it dosn't mean a thing if it dosn't make sense. Perl programmers could write articles lambasting the narrow scope of PHP, but Perl programmers seem to have more "self-respect" than that; preferring to not stooping to that level. Apparently PHP programmers feel the need for self-assurance that they are using the "right language".

Ask a typical PHP programmer to write something that is not "for the web"? You will get answers like "that can't be done", or "you need a local web server and a browser interface". With Perl all that stuff can be done easily.

So why waste time on a language with such a narrow focus as PHP?

I see more and more, that peer-2-peer connections, with encryption, using sockets and no web server, is where the "real action" is at. Compare PHP and Perl at doing those kind of things, and low-and-behold ... Perl wins hands down, leaving all those PHP programmers wondering why they wasted so much time learning a tool that is only useful on the web.

I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. flash japh

In reply to Re: Another prediction of Perl's demise by zentara
in thread Another prediction of Perl's demise by bradcathey

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