Darren Whitlen wrote:
Dan wrote:
I'm looking for a way to introduce PHP to some Delphi programmers, so
I thought a comparison would show them the major differences, but I
can't find anything like that on the web. Anyone have an article like
that or know of one?
- Dan
There's a HUGE list of differences, as they are 2 completely different
languages designed for completely different reasons. One is compiled,
and for desktop software, while the other is scripted and designed to
only output text.
It really is like comparing apples to oranges.
I must disagree with that. Firstly, most programming languages share
similar constructs and can therefore be compared at the syntax level
regardless of the intended purpose. Secondly Delphi was not designed for
"desktop software" - I've developed many a Windows service with it.
Lastly, and most importantly, you mean interpreted not scripted and PHP
was in no way specifically designed for nor is it limited to outputting
text only.
Darren: Set yourself free and stop imposing artificial limits on technology.
Dan: A more logical comparison would be Pascal against PHP since the
whole IDE aspect that Delphi adds to Pascal, and the control library,
are not really relevant to any sensible comparison. However, as far as
the control library goes the closest thing PHP has would be PEAR.
-Stut
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