On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 9:18 PM, Ang Chin Han <ang.chin....@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 11:23 AM, nuhaa <cawan.nu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> hola guys, >> php vs python? yeapp this going to be interesting >> php and python hardcores pls put in ur input - we're interested to see how >> the battle goes muahahahahaha >> OSCC is doing a benchmark on those 2 .. things we're looking at: >> - scalability >> - namespace >> - speed >> - syntax >> - .. put ur input here .. >> of course we're not looking for winner here, only to weigh the pros n cons >> for both languages > > Language wars are as silly as distro wars. > > Don't use PHP like Java. Don't use Java like Perl. Don't use Perl like > C++. Don't use C++ like PHP. But by all means use all of them, maybe > even for the same system. > > All languages suck, when viewed from their weak points. "namespace" in > PHP, hah. Or multi-threading in Python. Or performance in Ruby. > Importances is how you use them to bring out their best points, > together. Facebook uses the lowly PHP (with help from Cassandra), > twitter use(d) the "slow" Ruby on Rails (with help from Scala), etc. > See the Unix Philosophy's "make each program do one thing well" point. > perl is excellent for scripting and getting different programs and > languages to work together. But when you start writing baroque > applications purely in perl... ick. > +1 ..agree.each language have their main target. > P.S. The lowly Javascript (V8) beat the crap out of compiled languages > at one particular benchmark, thanks to a really good regex engine. > http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32/performance.php?test=regexdna > Fun to note: the 2nd best program at that benchmark is c (gcc), but it > calls tcl's (how many of you still remembers that language?) regex > engine to achieve that feat. > > The duct tape programmer, > Han > > -- > Join Open Source Developers Club Malaysia http://www.osdc.my/ > > Facebook Fan page > > http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=98685301577 > > http://www.facebook.com/OSDC.my > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "OSDC.my Mailing List" group. > To post to this group, send email to osdcmy-list@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > osdcmy-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/osdcmy-list?hl=en > > To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject. >
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