[NTLUG:Discuss] Wanting to speak the language

[Patrick R. Michaud]

On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 07:26:01PM -0600, Rev. wRy wrote:
> 
> I would posit that PHP isn't a 'programming' language, so the inclusion
> on said list is irrelevant, which only shows that projects are not the
> same as programs.  Is it compilable?  Executable without a web server? 
> Scriptable?  

As the author of PmWiki (wrich is written entirely in PHP), 
I'll have to point out that PHP is definitely a 'programming' 
language.  No, PHP isn't compilable, but then neither are Perl 
or the shell languages either.

And yes, PHP programs execute just fine without a webserver.

> (besides, the perl drinke^w programmers have more fun)

No argument there.  :-)

Pm