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Python certainly has a lot more software written for it. I use it for scientific computing. For building websites, php has plenty of good options too. I do rea
by acomjean 9y ago
Python certainly has a lot more software written for it. I use it for scientific computing.
For building websites, php has plenty of good options too. I do really like the Silex framework for website construction. I backend process with java or python when needed to do any substantial computations.
The "standardization" on common libraries from symfony and zend, have made everything a lot better.
- tcdent 9y agoReferencing a micro-framework shows just how out of the loop you are. A better example of a PHP framework is Yii, but you still see tons of ambiguous arrays used because of the lack of expressiveness in the language. Zend is not even a contender for modern web application development. And again, the gratuitous use of arrays for configuration highlight the shortcomings of PHP.
- girvo 9y agoAnd mentioning Yii here instead of, say, Laravel or Symfony (though I loathe the latter) makes me wonder how in the loop you are, yourself. I've not been a PHP developer for years. I wouldn't go back to it. But pretending it can't compete with Django is one of the weirder things I've seen on HN in a while.
- tcdent 9y agoDjango everyday since 0.9.6 Still an active maintainer of a small PHP lib, though. > I wouldn't go back to it. That's what I'm expressing: there's no reason to choose PHP in 2017. This isn't misdirected 'PHP hate', but a genuine disagreement with the OP's statement: > There is nothing inherently "more productive" on one stack over the next.