[Klug-general] Web Scripting Languages

[MacGyveR]

On Saturday 06 Jan 2007 16:56, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote:
> OK Folks,
>
> Following on from my emails about securing an apache server, and the
> comments recieved about PHP not necessarily being the most secure or
> system efficient web-application development platform, what do people
> think of the following languages?
>
> 1) Python - my very limited understanding of this language leads me to
> believe that this is very powerful, very quick and fairly easy to use.
>
> 2) PHP - The language I know best.  Very powerful, however it's not
> without security risks.  I have been led to believe that the majority of
> these have been patched in the more recent versions, however it is
> resource intensive.
>
> 3) CGI - as I understand it, this is mainly done in Perl. It seems to be
> incredibly powerful and does everything that PHP does but in a more
> efficient way, provided that you can program the code accordingly.
>
> 4) SSI - easy to use and learn, doesn't need external programs as it is
> integreated into Apache.
>
> Is it a case of "Use what you know", "Use the right tool for the right
> job", or "Use this language because it's just the best damn language on
> the net right now!!!"?
>
> Answers on a postcard to the usal address.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Matt (Determined to get more involved with F/OSS)
>
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have you thought about the others?

plone
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