2008/10/14 Richard Brown <rich@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
"in terms of the platform development, im thinking about switching
from using php to c#. the downside to this is the requirement for a
windows server and the problem of running visual studio (c# ide) on a
mac! so this affects the running costs of the platform, but there
could be a massive long term saving. c# is alot nicer for development
especially for big platforms, its also compiled to machine code so a
webserver can serve more users alot more efficiently. php is ok but at
the end of the day its still a scripted language, and its not well
suited to such big platforms (in my opinion at least). i will most
likely be moving to c#, unless you can think of any problems this may
pose?"
PHP isn't exactly the nicest language to develop large applications with,
C# could be easier if you want to have a larger number of developers,
and have access
to .Net skills.
On the other hand, the nonsense about scripting languages not scaling, and then
not understanding the difference between machine code (lower level
than assembly)
and bytecode (higher level than assembly, essentially it's
pseudo-assembler for a virtual machine)
shows he really doesn't know what he's talking about.
To be honest, he doesn't know enough about either large systems, big
iron or basic computer
science to make a rational decision, he's clearly in the same
alternate universe as 24 and CSI
where you can use "software" to zoom into a blurred photograph in
order to see a face
rendered perfectly or a car registration plate that started off as 2 pixels.
A.
