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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on March 3, 2008, 1:04 pm
Please log in for more thread options dcruncher4@aim.com wrote:
> Oh no. This is not to rewrite existing code. I want to check
> whether it is worth investing on php for any new code. of course
> my boss will ask me to justify why I would want php when perl
> has been doing the job fine so far. I can't tell that the only
> valid reason is that I want to learn php and add it in my resume (haha).
>
> So I need some real reasons as to why php is superior to perl.
> I got one so far: It has a more natural support for OO, which I agree.
>
> thanks.
>
says...
>> Both are just languages. Neither one has any particular advantage in
>> maintenance, etc. It much more depends on the programmers who write the
>> code, how well the code is written and commented, the skills of the
>> people maintaining the code, and a bunch of other things.
>>
>> And if it's working now, I see no reason to invest a bunch of time and
>> money rewriting it. Don't fix what isn't broke.
>>
>
>
True, but if everything else is in Perl, I would agree with your boss.
Having something in two different languages means you need twice the
skill set to maintain it.
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