Next I trust we can look forward to a bracing discussion on why "cool kids" use Phillips screwdrivers instead of blowtorches to open their computer cases?
-- Kristina > Tim Gales wrote: > > Thought this might be of interest: > > http://php.sys-con.com/read/457324.htm > > > > James Anderson writes (in his response to the article): The really > > simple answer is that after the release of php 5, php became the > > better language... > > I wasn't aware that PHP was the cool language. I thought the "cool" > language was Ruby. > > Personally, I tend not to be a fan of the "cool" language because it > means you either pay an arm and a leg for programmers, or you pay to > train someone on your project so they can charge an arm and a leg for > other projects. > > Java has it's place, I like it for cross platform development, but for a > website you don't need a cross platform CGI language, you just need a > language which runs on your server. > > I think Java is getting hit on two sides. On the webside, Ruby is now > the "cool" langauge that everyone wants to program in so they can charge > lots of money, while for graphical apps Flash is becoming the cross > platform tool of choice. > > > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > _______________________________________________ New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
