× The internal search function is temporarily non-functional. The current search engine is no longer viable and we are researching alternatives.
As a stop gap measure, we are using Google's custom search engine service.
If you know of an easy to use, open source, search engine ... please contact support@midrange.com.


  1.  Home
  2. WEB400
  3. April 2010

Re: Why use PHP? What are the disadvantages?

Jon Paris wrote:
On Apr 20, 2010, at 6:06 PM, web400-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Is it happy hour yet?

I hope so because this debate is sounding increasingly like a replay of several from the past.

Interesting. The conversation was perfectly acceptable when you were touting the positives of PHP. Yet as it turns to the topic - the _dis_advantages of PHP - you find it a replay.

I find the term "replay" particularly interesting because I don't ever remember a discussion of the downfalls of dynamic types in this forum. I grant you it's a regular discussion among programming professionals in general, but not one much discussed here because it's never really been an issue on the i, what with RPG and COBOL being statically typed languages.

Perhaps you were referring to some other part of the thread. But I thought it was helpful to elucidate the potential pitfalls of dynamically typed languages.

Joe

As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.

This thread ...
Replies:
Follow On AppleNews
Return to Archive home page | Return to MIDRANGE.COM home page

This mailing list archive is Copyright 1997-2024 by midrange.com and David Gibbs as a compilation work. Use of the archive is restricted to research of a business or technical nature. Any other uses are prohibited. Full details are available on our policy page. If you have questions about this, please contact [javascript protected email address].

Operating expenses for this site are earned using the Amazon Associate program and Google Adsense.