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I guess I don't even think of these two languages as direct competitors. PHP is highly geared towards web scripting, Python is highly geared towards... well, ju
by krisrm 5y ago
I guess I don't even think of these two languages as direct competitors. PHP is highly geared towards web scripting, Python is highly geared towards... well, just about every sort of scripting, and a lot of other stuff too. I don't think PHP has nearly the versatility of Python.
- pelasaco 5y agoExactly. PHP defines itself as "a general-purpose scripting language geared towards web development". Python is for everything else. Even though Python is great as well for web dev, maybe it is not the default choice as it is for data analysis for instance.