Developers: J2EE vs PHP vs Perl vs .NET

Lord MJ · Post by **Lord MJ** » 2002-12-01 03:11am

Personally I prefer Java. It may be owned my sun. But it has a larger API and more tools.

I use PHP too but I don't like typeless languages.

Perl I despise with a passion.

.NET may actually be good, but I don't want to contribute to the M$ monopoly anymore than I have to.

data_link · Post by **data_link** » 2002-12-01 03:17am

I vote for Java, based on the fact that I don't know the other langauges.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2002-12-01 03:31am

I use none of them

Crazy_Vasey · Post by **Crazy_Vasey** » 2002-12-01 06:11am

.NET may be microsoft owned but C# is what Java should have been. They stripped out way too many useful features in Java because developers might abuse them, stuff like operator overloading should never have been removed. Delegates and properties are also kinda nice.

Windows Forms > All other GUI libs as well.

Both languages badly need real generics though. Neither of their container libraries is in the same league as the STL in my opinion. Something as simple as std::map<std::string, int> is a pain in the ass to get in Java (containers can't store primitives and Integer class is immutable) and nowhere as near as nice to use.

Perl as it is, well it's just overly cryptic. A language where virtually every ASCII symbol has a special meaning is officialy arcane.

PHP is nice for web sites and that's about it. It's a fucking pain in the ass to debug though in my experience.

Raptor 597 · Post by **Raptor 597** » 2002-12-01 09:54am

I know some PHP, but I have no use for it. I don't own a website.

Exonerate · Post by **Exonerate** » 2002-12-01 03:36pm

I voted for PHP, because its all I use for server-side scripting

salm · Post by **salm** » 2002-12-01 04:52pm

PHP, because it´s the only one i´ve ever used. it was a phpbb message board, so i dont know if "used" is actually the right term.