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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 -- Project Wrangler, SOA, Information Alchemist, UX, RESTafarian, Topic Maps --- http://shelter.nu/blog/ ---------------------------------------------- ------------------ http://www.google.com/profiles/alexander.johannesen ---