[ale] need your input on a project...

[John Wells]

Eric,

Agreed on all points.  And I have considerable experience writing OO in both.

However, I would much rather read an OO program written in python or java
than in perl.  Personal preference....they just make for cleaner OO
reading ;-).  Both are also designed to be OO'd languages, and provide
niceties for that reason.

John

Eric Anderson said:
> On Fri, 2002-10-18 at 15:01, John Wells wrote:
>> However, this is where I'm a bit indecisive.  I've used PHP quite a
>> bit in the past, and while it's very nice for smaller projects, I
>> think it tends to get messy as the project grows.  This particular app
>> will have over 70 screens and a lot of background processing, so I'm
>> not convinced PHP is the way to go.  I also want to go OO, and
>> although PHP has limited OO capabilities, it begins to feel a little
>> Perl-y after a while
>> (<flamebait>granted, PHP's OO syntax is much cleaner than
>> Perl's</flamebait>).
>
> Granted that a good syntax can certainly HELP, but don't let that be
> your sole criteria. I have not done much OO in PHP, but I have done a
> good bit of OO in Perl, and Perl is very capable of expressing objects
> that are easy for others to read. Your design will really exist outside
> of the confines of the language. So if you feel that you have the
> ability to write clean Perl OO code then don't let the syntax bother
> you. On the other hand if you don't know Perl's OO (or some other
> language such as PHP), but you know how to express objects in Java
> cleanly then feel free to go that direction.
>
> I guess all I am saying is that large multi-tier OO projects can be
> written in Perl (or PHP). The syntax will not stop that. Only your
> comfort level in writing OO in Perl or PHP will determine if the project
> will scale well to be maintainable.
>
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> Eric Anderson
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