2013/8/21 georg chambert <georg.chambert@xxxxxxxxx> > Hi, > > my I shake the subject a little; Ive been doing some PHP and found it "ok" > to work with > not so much fuss, but that was PHP4, what about PHP5 ? > Dont really checked the difference but made a short-scan and found that it > had be > screwed around with ? > > Any think, should I change to 5 ? > ehm ... serious? http://php.net/eol.php > > BR georg > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Streater" <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: "PHP List" <phplist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 1:59 PM > Subject: Re: PHP vs JAVA > > > > On 20 Aug 2013 at 23:59, PHP List <phplist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > While I don't have any references to back it up - my guess would be that >> Java may be seen as more versatile in general programming terms. A >> staggering number of enterprise level web applications are built with >> Java, add to that the possibility of writing Android apps with the same >> knowledge. >> > > To me the salient point is, does java has as extensive a library or set of > interfaces to other packages (such as SQLite, mysql, etc)? > > I would say that, in general, the other teacher is incorrect speaking >> strictly in terms of web development. PHP has already won that crown >> many times over. That said, when I was in University, it was difficult >> to find a programming class that taught anything but Java - and that was >> 10yrs ago now. I chalked it up to the education bubble not being able >> to see what the rest of the world is actually doing. >> > > Was PHP OOP-capable at the time? Perhaps the edu-bubble was simply looking > down its nose at PHP. There being lots of courses proves nothing in and of > itself. 20 years ago, there were lots of PC mags you could buy, which > caused some folks to say "look how much better the PC is supported than > other platforms". Truth was, at the time, such support was needed given the > mess of 640k limits, DOS, IRQs and the like, most of which issues have > ceased to be relevant. > > Anyway, why should one need a course to learn PHP, assuming you already > know other languages. It's simple enough. > > -- > Cheers -- Tim > > > > > ------------------------------**------------------------------** > -------------------- > > > > -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- github.com/KingCrunch
