[Tutor] Python and web scripting

Cynic cynic@mail.cz
Tue, 19 Jun 2001 22:36:03 +0200


Hi there,

At 21:19 19.6. 2001, Wesley Chun wrote the following:
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>good question.  now by saying "web development" and mentioning PHP,
>you are focusing specifically on applications run by web servers
>(and not including subjects like lower-level network programming
>[sockets] or Internet client programming [FTP, POP3, NNTP, etc.]).
>Those are a whole 'nother topic on their!  Anyhoo, congratulations
>are still in order for choosing Python after your investigation.
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this is not true. PHP has a FTP extension, sockets functions, 
a c-client extension (access to IMAP, POP3 and NNTP servers)...
You can do pretty much anything you might want to do with PHP.




cynic@mail.cz
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