Abdullah Ramazanoglu wrote:
Hello, I'm already (going to) use php for web based development. Shell scripting and compiled languages have their own places, but there's also a place for a high level scripting language. While people usually use python (for higher level and perl for lower level tasks) for this, I really wonder whether this would be worthwhile for me. I have just cursory info about python, and I'm by no means a php expert. So I can't reliably compare the two, but my rationale so far is simple: If php5, with its enhanced object oriented features and rich libraries is on par with python on the command line, then wouldn't it make better sense for me to use php for both web and cli/gui development? Nevertheless, I can't ignore the fact that people do use python almost exclusively for high level CLI/GUI scripting. Where's the catch? What's the top 3 killer features of python against php (and vice versa)? Any ideas, pointers, analysis, insights are most welcome. This is a rather strategical crossroads for me, and I'd very much like to make an informed decision.
If you want to have any sort of code re-use, then you're going to have to use php (or python) for both.
Otherwise you have to start again from scratch in python code (creating more places for bugs to hide and making the whole thing more complicated).
While they can access the same database, there's nothing else they can share.
Personally I'd stick to one or the other for the whole project, you'll save yourself a lot of headaches in the future.
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