php to python code converter

Dotan Cohen dotancohen at gmail.com
Fri May 8 12:33:10 EDT 2009


> I'm not a big fan of PHP but I don't understand the desireability of
> such a tool.  If you have a good PHP app just run it.  The point of
> Python in my mind is that it is a cleaner syntax and promotes better
> code.  Anything that converts PHP to Python is going to leave you with
> some butt-ugly Python.  It also risks adding new bugs.
>
> If you want a Python version of Drupal then perhaps that is the project
> that you want to start.  Start fresh using the existing project as your
> requirements specification.  Don't automatically import all their
> coding choices that may be partially based on the language used.
>

It would be a great learning tool. I am pretty decent with PHP but
just getting started in Python. This might help such users flatten out
the learning curve.

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Dotan Cohen

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