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Originally Posted by PedroTuga
PHP is not a server side language, it's a general purpose language, that is writen in php.net in the front page.
They can claim that they're a general-purpose language, but that doesn't make it right. PHP is heavily optimized for server-side processing. Sure, you can write client apps with it, but the simple requirement that every code file is wrapped by <%php ... %> should make it clear that this is, in fact, a use PHP was not originally intended for.
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Nowadays nobody installs php as a server module,
Except everyone I know who uses PHP. (And believe me, that's a lot of people.)
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that is actualy getting deprecated.
Where'd you hear that?
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You can compile php code.
To executable code? Last I heard, the native PHP compiler was still highly experimental. The bytecode still needs the interpreter.
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If you compile it the PHP itself ( the interpreter ) is no longer requiered, obviously.
Not at all obviously. Java, C#, Python, they're all compiled and still need the virtual machine.
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You dont need to run it on a linux box.
Huh? PHP has been cross-platform for years.
What's that supposed to mean?
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it has more handy functions
and no organization for them. I'd rather use Python.
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and i am more confrotable with it than i ever been with any other language.
That, at least, is a good reason.
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XUL requires the use of java or C/C++ ??? :( damn.
Nope, not really. If you have XULRunner, you can do most of your stuff in JavaScript.