Why? If you are going to give a position, at least back it up. @jonjonjon - I'd suggest finding a quick mini-project tutorial for both languages and do them. A

Why? If you are going to give a position, at least back it up. @jonjonjon - I'd suggest finding a quick mini-project tutorial for both languages and do them. Afterwards, see how both languages feel and judge it yourself. For Ruby on Rails, there is the Rails Tutorial by Hartl http://www.railstutorial.org/ http://www.railstutorial.org/ I don't know of an equivalent for PHP.