I have become so used to scripting with PHP that C and C++ (even with an IDE) seems way too picky.
I propose a complier that can turn a single php file into a desktop executable.
I really don't think it would be that hard for a good programmer, if the following rules are followed:
1. The PHP
file must be fully self-contained (ie form actions must pass back to $PHP_SELF), with switch/cases being passed to functions in the one file.
2. No mysql storage/interactions.
So all that's needed is to change any HTML elements into (eg) C++ widgets, PHP functions converted to C, JavaScript either brought into advanced widget control or further C fuctions, then compile for your fave platform.
You'd need to probably convert all variables into strings and later EVAL them to make sure the type is not 'implied double', but that'd reasonable, too, right?
Does this already exist?