[plug] PHP

[Jason Nicholls]

Hello,

On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 12:45:22PM +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
> I had understood that PHP 4 was going to have some way of compiling,
> rather than interpreting, so that it could generate executable files. I
> think, from memory, I asked about hiding code, in PHP, and Perl, last
> year, and I got a response, to the effect that PHP 4 would have this new
> capability.

Yes, PHP4 has the feature of doing some kind of compiling which is then
interpreted. Sorta like compiled Java programs (java byte-code) I suppose. The 
idea is that big old commecial companies can happily make their commercial
apps and have the source code secret (not everybody loves open source).


> I am not sure, but I thought that the facility had some name starting
> with "Z", like Zope, or Zenda, or something.

It's called "Zend".


Later,

Jason Nicholls
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