Re: EGL, Java and PHP

[Kelly Cookson <KCookson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That's a valid point. I understand why people would feel that way. 

I already work in an environment where I have to use eight programming languages (five frequently, three occasionally). The idea of coding everything in a single language is just not going to be a reality for me. So I guess I'm used to the idea of working with multiple languages.

I also don't think one language is ideal for all situations. If I want to run a batch program that processes a million rows in a database, please give me a compiled COBOL or RPG program on IBM i. Those are great for heavy lifting. If I want to make a GUI for a user, please give me PHP or some other scripting language.

Kelly 

  

-----Original Message-----
From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Aaron Bartell
Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 9:31 AM
To: Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: [WEB400] EGL, Java and PHP

My comment is purely opinion based, but whenever you combine two significant
languages that the programmer has to touch, you increase the burden by a
lot.  They now have to keep up to date with both PHP and Java, and all the
different frameworks/codesets/tools/conferences/test
mechanisms/deployment/etc that go with those.  I would much rather have a
single language and not have every cool tool immediately, than have many
different languages.

Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com
http://mowyourlawn.com/blog/


On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 9:24 AM, Kelly Cookson <KCookson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> If IBM is going to support EGL, Java, and PHP on IBM i for the foreseeable
> future, why not explore how these can be combined to get the best of each
> technology?
>
> I've been quite interested in the combination of Java and PHP. The idea is
> to get the best of both worlds. PHP and Java can already be combined using a
> PHP-Java bridge, which requires a Java runtime in addition to a PHP runtime.
> Or they can be combined using something like Quercus, which translates PHP
> into Java and runs solely in a Java runtime. I've installed both on my
> personal computer but have not had a chance to play with them yet. I think
> it would be great to have a set of tools that would let me easily mix EGL,
> Java and PHP to get the strengths of each.
>
> Kelly
>
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