Re: [binarycloud-dev] binarycloud vs. other web app frameworks

[alex b. <en...@tu...>]

> Uh-huh.  Just to throw in an odd question: why write a program such as
> Binarycloud in PHP rather than C/C++?

Time.
the reason they wrote php is because writing web apps in c++ takes so much
time as to be unreasonable. you shouldn't have to worry about memory
management when writing web applications.

yeah, c is faster, but we're talking about faster than really fast :)

java was a no-go because is is actually almost as expensive to develop with
than c++, it's not really _designed_ for doing web development specifically.

> I'd love to.  I think my skills are developed enough to do this - I don't
> think they are for writing the BC core - or I wouldn't like to attempt it
:-(
> Still, once my exams are over for another year I'll be able to dedicate my
> time to programming ;-)

cool :)

> Why?  If you called ob_start() wouldn't that solve the problem?

because those apps tend to think the session name is phpsessid, and a bunch
of other things. that was offhand, there are definitely ways of making it
work.

> One last question: how does binarycloud compare to something like the
> Midguard project?

Midguard is a CMS.
one of the binarycloud modules (or more correctly, a couple of the modules)
will combine to form a CMS.

the difference is that bc is designed to support anything php supports, it's
not an isolated app with some supporting infrastructure.

_alex