Subject: Re: Lisp versus Python or PHP for a web app
From: rpw3@rpw3.org (Rob Warnock)
Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 23:52:15 -0600
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Message-ID: <5q2dnfpnro8S_ybenZ2dnUVZ_tidnZ2d@speakeasy.net>
Jonathon McKitrick <j_mckitrick@bigfoot.com> wrote:
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| It's a MySQL based application that will generate pdf reports based on
| user selections of various input record combinations.  To date, a
| similar app has been done in php, and the clients are happy with it.
| Would it be overkill to argue for Lisp in this case?
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What is PHP using to generate the PDF reports? Is it calling
an external processing program? Remember that CL-PDF[1] or
CL-Typesetting[2] can run in the same Lisp image as your web
server, and not have to fork/exec a separate external process.
If that matters to you...


-Rob

[1] <http://www.cliki.net/CL-PDF>
[2] <http://www.cliki.net/cl-typesetting>

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