[UPHPU] Fwd: "Language Wars" from Joel Spolsky

[Richard K Miller]

> Here's an interesting article from Joel Spolsky on "language  
> wars".  He says debating which programming language to use for a  
> web application is fruitless IF you choose one of the safe  
> languages: PHP, Java, C#, or Python.  Excluded from the list were  
> Perl, Lisp, and Ruby [on Rails].
>
> "These debates are enormously fun and a total and utter waste of  
> time, because the bottom line is that there are three and a half  
> platforms (C#, Java, PHP, and a half Python) that are all equally  
> likely to make you successful"
>
> http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/09/01.html
>
>

Ah and I forgot to include the response from DHH on Ruby on Rails:

"Rails is for the vast majority of web applications Fast Enough. We  
got sites doing millions of dynamic page views per day. If you end up  
being with the Yahoo or Amazon front page, it's unlikely that an off- 
the-shelve framework in ANY language will do you much good. You'll  
probably have to roll your own. But sure, I'd like free CPU cycles  
too. I just happen to care much more about free developer cycles and  
am willing to trade the former for the latter."

http://www.loudthinking.com/arc/000596.html

http://www.loudthinking.com/arc/000597.html