PHP vs. Python/comp.lang.php?

[Todd Boyle]

I am an amateur at programming and I have almost the same questions.

My questions are: 

1. PHP is attractive to me because after playing aroudn with it a
short while I was able to implement my own simple stuff, and some
other PHP applications from open source.   Also--the leading 
independent webledger in my industry is Intacct (not connection to
me) and it's written in PHP, which proves this is a very capable
system. 

2. I also need something practical to get away from the borg; I made
a big mistake during the 1990s and moved from Clipper to Visual Basic,
which is a great platform but they churn the hell out of it, and
nothing you can write will ever be an asset to the programmer for
longer than 1-2 years.  So I am using Python for day-2-day little
programming tasks... 

But, what is the best way to build web-based database applications 
like accounting systems, on Python?   i.e. what is the equivalent
of ASP pages or PHP pages or JSP pages, for Python??   Shouldn't 
we be learning THAT instead of PHP???

Todd Boyle www.gldialtone.com 



On Thu, 22 Nov 2001 06:17:46 -0000, "the Spinning Spider"
<theSpinningSpider at HotMail.Com> wrote:

>I'm finding learning Java is quite a tough challenge, like wading through a
>swamp.  So I'm exploring PHP and Python as possible alternatives.
>
>I notice there doesn't seem to be much mention about PHP by Python people
>whenever they mention other languages,
>e.g.,see http://www.python.org/doc/Comparisons.html.
>
>Or is it because PHP is incomparable against Python?
>
>Could it be the news servers I have access to, or is there no comp.lang.php
>newsgroup?  Is PHP too insignificant?
>
>Will Python be too intellectually challenging, like Java?
>