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PHP for android
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Re: PHP for android
#22I'll start this off disclaiming that I've used PHP for a long time now and I like it. However, I don't understand why PHP should be beaten into a form it was never meant to be in. I do like the logo though.
Using X the way it wasn't meant for is the definition of hacking.
Yes, but there has to be a certain elegance to it I can't quite see here.
Hammering screws is not hacking.
Re: PHP for android
#23Re: PHP for android
#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not sure why you were voted down here. I have the same question. And I looked around their website and couldn't find anything. There isn't even a statement of who or how one would benefit from something like this. Their homepage badly needs a mission statement, or a "Welcome, PHP for Android is for those who...... something" That being said, I think I may understand a little as to the "why" by looking at the scripts…
At least one person is benefiting from this, having fun & gaining experience by creating this project. Other people might benefit too, or perhaps not. There's no extra charge.
A lot of times, programmers do things that many people might find pointless... I don't know how many different "new operating systems" or "new programming languages" I saw come from the CS Department in 9 years spent working at a college. At least there's a snowball's chance in hell more than 2 people in the whole world will ever want to use PHP on Android.
Re: PHP for android
#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
Because php isn't a general purpose language. It's a rather clunky hammer outside of the web.
Your answer sounds a lot like "Because $language is better" and there are no winners of holy wars.
$language is better depending on the circumstances. PHP is very good for building small websites, I'd say almost ideal in some ways. Whether or not it works well in other fields is debatable. (Note: large companies using it successfully is not a good measure of something working well.)
Additionally PHP is inherently slow not because of the interpreter but because of the design the language. Most websites aren't affected by this because many of the functions in the standard library are implemented in C and are very fast.