[LINK] Building trust into open source

[Rick Welykochy]

Michael Still wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Rick Welykochy wrote:
> 
> > *shrug* PHP is on par with ASP (MS's VB-based web scripting language), and
> > is eschewed by software developers who require reliability, scalability and
> > best class software architecture. It is basically the 'script kiddies' web
> > language of the open source community.
> 
> <minirant>
> Wrong. Whilst I have never personally felt the urge to use PHP, many
> extremely capable developers do use it. Rasmus was telling people at his
> talk in Canberra that something like a third of all web servers have the
> PHP module installed.
> 
> Please don't disgard an entire language just because it is similar to
> another language which you don't like.
> </minirant>

My disregard for PHP is based solely on PHP's merits or lack thereof.

I have used PHP, and speak from experience. Horses for courses: PHP is
fine for small-scale interactive web sites, but its flawed object model
and numerous exploits leave me feeling cold. As a software architect,
I would never recommend it for large-scale enterprise services.

I have only used ASP once (never again), but do not use that experience
to draw conclusions about PHP.

cheers
rickw


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