On Jan 7, 2011, at 1:48 PM, Nathan Nobbe wrote:

> shrug, you must not be too familiar with php then.  9 times out of 10 it's 
> the natural, perfect choice for a cli program.  there are situations where 
> you get past what php is ideal for on the cli, typically when you get into 
> heavy forking or require threading.
>  
> It does completely depend on your mastery of the language. If you're very 
> good with PHP and you don't often do non-web things it might not make sense 
> to learn another language as well.
> 
> why bother learning 2 languages when 1 will suit most needs perfectly?  for 
> most folks who work with the web and a typical deployment environment like a 
> linux server, the second language of choice most likely would be a client 
> side one like javascript.
> 
> -nathan 

You can't say that PHP is a more natural CLI choice then bash or Python. Maybe 
I'm using PHP too much for web development. Perhaps I am unfamiliar with it. 

Why bother learning other languages? Is this a joke? Why should someone stop 
learning ever? Having a mastery of multiple languages can only enhance you.

Regards,

-Josh 
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