Re: iSeries, web development and perl

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If it is really the full Perl 5 regular expressions, it is very powerful
:) Enjoy :D

Nope, it's not the full regular expressions. What I'm saying is that the "un-fullness" has never seriously affected me.

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I am not saying I am _RIGHT_ or anything like that, just that that is -
based on my Java experiences with Class.forName instead of using "new" -
the large amount of work done by the compiler that makes the program
resilient against casual changes.

If you are looking to dynamically create objects then there is a simple way to do it in PHP. I've not used Class.forName() but I think this does the same thing.

$class = 'User';
$userObj = new $class(); // Creates a new instance of User

You say you _can_ state the type, but is this actually what is being
done in large programs? Would you expect that a program was well typed
if you didn't write it yourself?

You can state the type for objects and arrays. You don't have to, but you can and should. I probably write my code in a more structured manner than a lot of PHP developers, but a good portion of them are really starting to take architecture seriously and building well defined class, interfaces and such... and actually FOLLOWING a defined architecture. PHP has a bit of a reputation as a fly-by-night language. Some of that is deserved but new applications are being built much better than even just 2 years ago. So, yes. I'm seeing a lot of new development following proper OO patterns, more or less.

I am as I said genuinely curious about this :)

Excellent! Curiosity kills only cats.

Kevin