General discussion

Will D8 be in C++ ? See http://php.webtutor.pl/en/2011/05/17/drupal-hiphop-for-php-vs-apc-benchmark or will it or just as terribly, through out the window, slow as D7?

Hi guys,
I'm looking for something very simple: I would like an application that would allow clients to upload one picture along with a form (predetermined ) that describes it. Eventually, another client would visit the site and fill a search form that would return the results (the pictures that satisfy the conditions) in a nice format (gallery?). I don't want to reinvent the wheel. Is there anything on the market that could be easily tailored to meet my requirements?
Any hint would be greatly appreciated!
thank you,
Patrick

Is this true ? http://www.google.com/trends?q=e107%2C+geeklog%2C+wordpress%2C+drupal%2C...

I am using drupal 7 from 3 weeks , but I am starting to be really disapointed. I can not find the way to display rows from the mysql table. I jsut need simple page displaying data from table on the webpage.

Okay, after much reading and research I keep coming back to Drupal. I really want to learn it and use it for an ecommerce site.

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I know every platform has it's own downsides and upsides but I'm having a really difficult time deciding which one I want or should use. Here are a list of the most pros and cons that I have read and talked about with other people.

Drupal - Cons: Huge learning curve, extremely difficult for novices. More geared towards skilled programmers. Template designs sort of lacking

Pros: Extremely powerful, very flexible, huge potential, very active support forum

Joomla - Cons: You know, I really don't know. I have to say that so far I really like Joomla... only con I can see is that it doesn't yet have the reputation for being as powerful and streamlined as Drupal.

Pros - Fairly easy to learn for a novice. Pretty straightforward. Very active support forum

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