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That's a valid point. I understand why people would feel that way.

I already work in an environment where I have to use eight programming languages (five frequently, three occasionally). The idea of coding everything in a single language is just not going to be a reality for me. So I guess I'm used to the idea of working with multiple languages.

I also don't think one language is ideal for all situations. If I want to run a batch program that processes a million rows in a database, please give me a compiled COBOL or RPG program on IBM i. Those are great for heavy lifting. If I want to make a GUI for a user, please give me PHP or some other scripting language.

Kelly



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From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Aaron Bartell
Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 9:31 AM
To: Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: [WEB400] EGL, Java and PHP

My comment is purely opinion based, but whenever you combine two significant
languages that the programmer has to touch, you increase the burden by a
lot. They now have to keep up to date with both PHP and Java, and all the
different frameworks/codesets/tools/conferences/test
mechanisms/deployment/etc that go with those. I would much rather have a
single language and not have every cool tool immediately, than have many
different languages.

Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com
http://mowyourlawn.com/blog/


On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 9:24 AM, Kelly Cookson <KCookson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

If IBM is going to support EGL, Java, and PHP on IBM i for the foreseeable
future, why not explore how these can be combined to get the best of each
technology?

I've been quite interested in the combination of Java and PHP. The idea is
to get the best of both worlds. PHP and Java can already be combined using a
PHP-Java bridge, which requires a Java runtime in addition to a PHP runtime.
Or they can be combined using something like Quercus, which translates PHP
into Java and runs solely in a Java runtime. I've installed both on my
personal computer but have not had a chance to play with them yet. I think
it would be great to have a set of tools that would let me easily mix EGL,
Java and PHP to get the strengths of each.

Kelly

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