Re: iSeries, web development and perl

["Kevin Schroeder" <kevin@xxxxxxxx>]

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> If it is really the full Perl 5 regular expressions, it is very powerful 
> :)  Enjoy :D

Nope, it's not the full regular expressions.  What I'm saying is that the "un-fullness" has never seriously affected me.

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> I am not saying I am _RIGHT_ or anything like that, just that that is - 
> based on my Java experiences with Class.forName instead of using "new" - 
> the large amount of work done by the compiler that makes the program 
> resilient against casual changes.

If you are looking to dynamically create objects then there is a simple way to do it in PHP.  I've not used Class.forName() but I think this does the same thing.

$class = 'User';
$userObj = new $class();  // Creates a new instance of User


> You say you _can_ state the type, but is this actually what is being 
> done in large programs?  Would you expect that a program was well typed 
> if you didn't write it yourself?

You can state the type for objects and arrays.  You don't have to, but you can and should.  I probably write my code in a more structured manner than a lot of PHP developers, but a good portion of them are really starting to take architecture seriously and building well defined class, interfaces and such... and actually FOLLOWING a defined architecture.  PHP has a bit of a reputation as a fly-by-night language.  Some of that is deserved but new applications are being built much better than even just 2 years ago.  So, yes.  I'm seeing a lot of new development following proper OO patterns, more or less.  


> I am as I said genuinely curious about this :)

Excellent!  Curiosity kills only cats.

Kevin