Re: [nyphp-talk] What does Java provide, redux

2009-08-17 Thread Paul A Houle
Jerry B. Altzman wrote: Until you can amortize away that period of negative productivity while you're switching languages, it's almost always better to stick with what you know, unless there's a really really compelling other reason (like: what you want to do can be done in 10% of the time in

Re: [nyphp-talk] What does Java provide, redux

2009-08-17 Thread Jerry B. Altzman
on 8/17/2009 10:34 AM Paul A Houle said the following: Ajai Khattri wrote: Why not Ruby? Looking at post-PHP alternatives, I gave up on both Python and Ruby pretty quickly. Although Python and Ruby are more advanced languages in some ways, they're not "better enough" than PHP to be worth

Re: [nyphp-talk] What does Java provide, redux

2009-08-17 Thread Paul A Houle
Ajai Khattri wrote: On Sat, 15 Aug 2009, Leam Hall wrote: Of course, now part of me wonders if Python could cover where PHP doesn't and we could keep Java contained in the Uni classroom. That might help computer load levels a good bit... Why not Ruby? Looking at post-PHP alter

Re: [nyphp-talk] What does Java provide, redux

2009-08-15 Thread Leam Hall
Ajai Khattri wrote: On Sat, 15 Aug 2009, Leam Hall wrote: Of course, now part of me wonders if Python could cover where PHP doesn't and we could keep Java contained in the Uni classroom. That might help computer load levels a good bit... Why not Ruby? Nothing I've read in Ruby made sense.

Re: [nyphp-talk] What does Java provide, redux

2009-08-15 Thread Ajai Khattri
On Sat, 15 Aug 2009, Leam Hall wrote: > Of course, now part of me wonders if Python could cover where PHP > doesn't and we could keep Java contained in the Uni classroom. That > might help computer load levels a good bit... Why not Ruby? -- Aj. __

[nyphp-talk] What does Java provide, redux

2009-08-15 Thread Leam Hall
Thanks folks! So there are some things like concurrency and XSLT 2.0 that Java provides that makes it a contender in the system space. I'm not really programmer enough to get that part but I'll accept your thoughts. :) Of course, now part of me wonders if Python could cover where PHP doesn'