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DaWei · Jun 6th, 2006, 9:05 PM

I would recommend PHP or Python or similar as a better starting place. When you get way down under the hood, then you'd probably want to introduce some C/C++. Perl was, maybe is, a good tool. Wall did a great job of keeping what was essentially a report generator in a position which was useful. However, technology marches on.

splinter9x · Jun 6th, 2006, 9:08 PM

I want to learn Perl so I can create my own search engine. Is it possible to do that with PHP? I know C++.

bl00dninja · Jun 6th, 2006, 9:19 PM

http://affy.blogspot.com/p5be/

Toro · Jun 6th, 2006, 11:02 PM

Learning Perl is a great book by Randal Schwartz. It gave a good look into Perl. I was able to do a lot of system management on my Linux system with it. Perl is a very good language but as DaWei said PHP was created with the Web in mind and nothing.

PHP is the most popular web language to date. Perl is good for CGI but PHP is great. I just recently brought "PHP in a Nutshell" by Paul Hudson. It's great and very simple.

splinter9x · Jun 7th, 2006, 1:42 AM

Still not answering my question... What is better to create a search engine Perl or PHP?

DaWei · Jun 7th, 2006, 6:43 AM

I answered your question in my initial response. If it couldn't make a search engine, I wouldn't have brought it up. If I didn't think it was better, I wouldn't have said so. Perhaps those pieces of communication are too subtle.

Toro · Jun 7th, 2006, 7:07 AM

Same here, I would not have mentioned PHP if I was not answering your question, if you prefer;

"PHP is a better language to develop a search engine in"

This that better?

splinter9x · Jun 7th, 2006, 12:37 PM

Much better... DaWei some people aren't as old and dont speak in "old style" language and you come off as an asshole. You should explain youself in a simpler way that just stating things and expecting us to know what you mean. I dont mean to offend you but I express myself when I feel I need to. Sorry for that but that is just somthing that maybe you should look into if you dont want to be considered a grumpy geezer as some people would say..... Sorry if you took that offensively...

DaWei · Jun 7th, 2006, 2:35 PM

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I would recommend PHP or Python or similar as a better starting place.

That implies (to anyone other than a lobotomized fencepost) that they work. I'm not sure exactly how it's "old style", but if it is, "old style" is better. Additionally, the word 'better' has a generally accepted meaning; perhaps you should learn to Google big words like that. If you're looking for a sugar tit, go back to mama, we rarely pass 'em out here. If you perceive me as an asshole, great -- kiss it.

splinter9x · Jun 7th, 2006, 8:29 PM

Whoa a little less old badassed biker attitude and a little more helpfullness. I mean I posted this wanting helpfull information and you completely, if it wasn't for my high morality, would have tore down my self esteem.... but o well I have better things to do than argue with a old man...

Jun 6th, 2006, 9:05 PM	#11
DaWei Resident Grouch Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6,453 Rep Power: 10	I would recommend PHP or Python or similar as a better starting place. When you get way down under the hood, then you'd probably want to introduce some C/C++. Perl was, maybe is, a good tool. Wall did a great job of keeping what was essentially a report generator in a position which was useful. However, technology marches on. __________________ Abstraction doesn't make it impossible to write bad code; it makes it possible to write superior code. Contributor's Corner: Grumpy on C++ Exceptions DaWei on Pointers

Jun 6th, 2006, 9:08 PM	#12
splinter9x Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 137 Rep Power: 0	I want to learn Perl so I can create my own search engine. Is it possible to do that with PHP? I know C++. __________________ Visit my Blog I support WINDOWS...

Jun 6th, 2006, 9:19 PM	#13
bl00dninja Programming Guru Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: namespace std Posts: 1,246 Rep Power: 5	http://affy.blogspot.com/p5be/ __________________ i put on my robe and wizard hat... Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?...Morons.

Jun 7th, 2006, 1:42 AM	#15
splinter9x Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 137 Rep Power: 0	Still not answering my question... What is better to create a search engine Perl or PHP? __________________ Visit my Blog I support WINDOWS...

Jun 7th, 2006, 6:43 AM	#16
DaWei Resident Grouch Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6,453 Rep Power: 10	I answered your question in my initial response. If it couldn't make a search engine, I wouldn't have brought it up. If I didn't think it was better, I wouldn't have said so. Perhaps those pieces of communication are too subtle. __________________ Abstraction doesn't make it impossible to write bad code; it makes it possible to write superior code. Contributor's Corner: Grumpy on C++ Exceptions DaWei on Pointers

Jun 6th, 2006, 11:02 PM	#14
Toro Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 136 Rep Power: 0	Learning Perl is a great book by Randal Schwartz. It gave a good look into Perl. I was able to do a lot of system management on my Linux system with it. Perl is a very good language but as DaWei said PHP was created with the Web in mind and nothing. PHP is the most popular web language to date. Perl is good for CGI but PHP is great. I just recently brought "PHP in a Nutshell" by Paul Hudson. It's great and very simple.

Jun 7th, 2006, 7:07 AM	#17
Toro Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 136 Rep Power: 0	Same here, I would not have mentioned PHP if I was not answering your question, if you prefer; "PHP is a better language to develop a search engine in" This that better?

Jun 7th, 2006, 12:37 PM	#18
splinter9x Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 137 Rep Power: 0	Much better... DaWei some people aren't as old and dont speak in "old style" language and you come off as an asshole. You should explain youself in a simpler way that just stating things and expecting us to know what you mean. I dont mean to offend you but I express myself when I feel I need to. Sorry for that but that is just somthing that maybe you should look into if you dont want to be considered a grumpy geezer as some people would say..... Sorry if you took that offensively... __________________ Visit my Blog I support WINDOWS...

Jun 7th, 2006, 8:29 PM	#20
splinter9x Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 137 Rep Power: 0	Whoa a little less old badassed biker attitude and a little more helpfullness. I mean I posted this wanting helpfull information and you completely, if it wasn't for my high morality, would have tore down my self esteem.... but o well I have better things to do than argue with a old man... __________________ Visit my Blog I support WINDOWS...

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