I too use PHP and PostgreSQL for %90 of my web programming projects (C
for the other %10)... I find the embedded nature of PHP to aide in
development more than anything (though I suppose you can get that from
mod_perl as well).. I don't do much Perl at all, I found the language to be
sloppy and very messy (I'm a pretty 'neat' programmer I guess) I liked PHP's
structure and flow.. I shouldn't trash Perl as I don't know it very well at
all, I know enough to know that I don't want to know any more :-)
I've always found PHP to be as fast as I've ever needed and some of the
applications I've written get many thousands of hits a day on (at best)
mediocre hardware..
Use what you like best as most languages (especially PHP, Perl and C)
are all very capable web programming languages, it comes down to programmer
preference I suppose..
Good luck!
-Mitch
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michelle Murrain" <mpm@norwottuck.com>
To: <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 6:15 PM
Subject: [GENERAL] web programming
> Hi folks,
>
> I thought (now that I've solved my DBD::Pg problem) that I'd ask a
> fairly generic opinion question. I've been working with postgres and
> php now for about 4 years, quite heavily in the last year. I'm sold
> on postgres, and will continue to use it unless I have compelling
> reasons not to. But I'm debating about continuing development using
> php.
>
> 1) I'm getting better and better at perl - and it's a much more
> mature language than php.
>
> 2) I've been learning a bit about jsp and java servlets - and that's
> intriguing me a lot.
>
> So what's your favorite web programming language to use with
> postgres, and why? Are there speed/performance issues I should think
> about? I'm also beginning to get into XML, so there is another set of
> things to think about.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Michelle
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> Michelle Murrain, Ph.D.
> President, Norwottuck Technology Resources
> mpm@norwottuck.com www.norwottuck.com
>
