| Re: What *tasks* are hard for PHP? [message #171981 is a reply to message #171979] |
Tue, 25 January 2011 04:43   |
Bruce M. Axtens
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On Jan 25, 6:40 am, "Peter H. Coffin" <hell...@ninehells.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Jan 2011 18:03:49 -0800 (PST), axtens wrote:
>> No flames required. No discussion about language semantics
>> or implementation either (if at all possible). I just want to get an
>> idea of what can and can't be done with PHP at the task level.
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> Don't try writing device drivers in it. Don't expect to use it for
> critical applications involving life-threatening situations; the
> language changes too rapidly and you'll find it impossible to certify to
> your insurers that it is correct. It's miserable for real-time control,
> or very large-scale data handling that you want finished in an
> reasonable time-frame. It's too big to run well on many embedded
> controllers. It's too cryptic compared to COBOL, too verbose compared to
> well-optimized perl, too slow compared to c.
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> I'm guessing that this doesn't answer your question, however, because it
> sounds like you have something very specific in mind.
That's getting a lot closer that most!
Bruce.
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