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Re: query: how many use PHP for linux scripts [message #185956 is a reply to message #185954] Thu, 15 May 2014 14:03 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Jerry Stuckle is currently offline  Jerry Stuckle
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On 5/15/2014 8:34 AM, Jasen Betts wrote:
> On 2014-05-14, Ben Bacarisse <ben(dot)usenet(at)bsb(dot)me(dot)uk> wrote:
>> The Natural Philosopher <tnp(at)invalid(dot)invalid> writes:
>>
>>> On 13/05/14 21:35, Tim Streater wrote:
>> <snip>
>>>> I can't be arsed to fiddle around with C these days. Too much faffing
>>>> around with declarations - and no string handling to speak of either.
>>>>
>>>> Non-issues in PHP.
>>>>
>>> string handling is the chief reason I prefer C..
>>
>> That seems odd since PHP has almost every single low-level C string
>> function available to it. You can strspn and strncmp to your heart's
>> content in PHP. Pretty much the only ones missing are strcat and strcpy
>> but, surely, they can't be why you prefer C.
>>
>> A PHP translation of C string handling would inevitably be simpler since
>> there would be no need manage the storage. That's the biggest advantage
>> in my opinion, even if never used any of PHP's more complex string
>> manipulation.
>
> white program the reads a text file and swaps every pair of lines and writes
> a new file.
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> so
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> one
> two
> three
> four
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> becomes
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> two
> one
> four
> three
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> design it to work on any text file.
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> including files with lines larger than RAM + swap.
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> if it must work, it's easier in C.
>
>

And just how realistic is this? Anyone can come up with an example that
highlights the advantages (or disadvantages) of a particular language.
Your "test" is pretty worthless.

And BTW - I could easily do this in PHP, JAVA and even BASIC just as
easily (in some cases even more so) than in C.

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