[Tutor] Python vs. PHP

[Erik Price]

> Pijus Virketis wrote:
>
>> Looking around, I find what seem like two different kinds of dynamic
>> webpages. Some are written in Perl (Slashcode) or Python (Yahoo 
>> search, for
>> instance), i.e. "proper" scripting languages, and others are done in
>> ASP/PHP. I guess the former are CGI scripts, and the latter are active
>> server pages. What are the relative merits of doing things one way or 
>> the
>> other? If I have a database, which I want to make accessible from the 
>> web,
>> and I can choose between Python or PHP, what should I consider on the
>> design/performance level? Think in the broadest of terms, because I 
>> have
>> little understanding of even the spectrum of options available between 
>> good
>> old static HTML and PHP, which I currently use and which is totaly 
>> dynamic.
                             ^^^^^ ^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^

Oh shoot, I was so glad to be able to help someone that I didn't even 
notice that you already know what PHP has to offer.  I'm sorry, everyone.




Erik