On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 3:09 AM, Elliot Hallmark <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> However, I switched to this other scripting
> language, python, because it could do things php cant.
Not to start a flame, but that's a rather big statement which I think
A) needs backing up, and B) is probably untrue.
> For instance,
> my first project in python involved capturing keyboard input before
> windows heard about it. Then I kept discovering amazing things python
> can do that php cant.
For instance, PHP can do this fine. Was there something in particular
you're thinking of that PHP can't do?
> I helped write a non-sequential optical ray tracer in python. When it
> needed to be faster there were several libraries for writing C code
> directly in a pythonic syntax. Python has hooks into everything, like
> optical character recognition, electronic music
> sequeuencing/generation, serial port i/o.
Again, PHP the same. For the sophisticated hacker, most languages can
be tweaked to solve almost any problem.
And I'm not even suggesting that you use PHP. Happy hacking.
Alex
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