Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:38:51 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: php5-5.2.11_1 Vulnerabilities Message-ID: <4B3611EB.3060306@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20091226123953.GA8864@icarus.home.lan> References: <4B344459.4020202@ellicit.org> <a78074950912242130w513306d7jadd16da59cc1009c@mail.gmail.com> <4B35FC4C.7050100@unsane.co.uk> <20091226123953.GA8864@icarus.home.lan>
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> I say this as both someone who does web hosting and codes in PHP. I
> often wonder what the point of PHP is given Markup::Perl[3]'s existence=
=2E
Ooooh... another way of embedding perl into HTML. That makes <... counts=
on fingers ...> loads.
Not to mention all those solutions employing Ruby or Java/jsp or Python. =
And
the Google web tools stuff, where you write pure Java and it compiles int=
o the
appropriate mix of server side Java objects and Ajax enabled web pages.
Or the distressingly under-appreciated WebObjects stuff from Apple, which=
may
have been around a few years but is still pretty revolutionary (although =
not
free).
No -- there are many, many alternatives to PHP. Trouble is, there are ma=
ny,
many web-monkeys out there that cannot conceive of using anything else. =
And
if you propose to a client writing a web app in any other language they g=
et all
bothered because it's "non standard" and because "we can find PHP coders =
easily".=20
That's a self fulfilling prophecy if ever I saw one. A lot like proposin=
g any
other OS than Windows... Now who would do a thing like that?
Cheers,
Matthew (who thinks HTML::Mason is where it's at...)
--=20
Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard
Flat 3
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