On Jan 7, 2011, at 12:34 PM, Daniel Brown wrote: > On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 12:18, Joshua Kehn <josh.kehn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Using another language more suited towards CLI / standalone (non-web) development would be easier. PHP at it's core is a templating language. I don't think it is as suited as say Python for developing standalone applications. > > One might argue that it depends on your mastery of and comfort > with the language. That in mind, the same is true of nearly any > programming language. > > And thanks for reminding me of what PHP is at its core. ;-P > > -- > </Daniel P. Brown> > Network Infrastructure Manager > Documentation, Webmaster Teams > http://www.php.net/ My apologies. I just view PHP as a perfected web language, due to it's templating nature, while using it for other things (scripts, utilities, cron) is a misuse in my opinion. It does completely depend on your mastery of the language. If you're very good with PHP and you don't often do non-web things it might not make sense to learn another language as well. Regards, -Josh ____________________________________ Joshua Kehn | Josh.Kehn@xxxxxxxxx http://joshuakehn.com
