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Unconstructive comment. Which alternatives, and why? I don't think there's even one which is a clear cut alternative (where the downsides are minor, when compar
by sergiosgc 14y ago
Unconstructive comment. Which alternatives, and why? I don't think there's even one which is a clear cut alternative (where the downsides are minor, when compared with the upsides). On speed alone, PHP gets a huge head start when comparing alternatives.
Note that I'm not saying PHP is great. It's a cesspool of language defects. However, it's success has merit.
- ergo14 14y agoOk, please use any decent php web framework and compare the speed to lets say python/ruby - not to mention something like pypy. "Hello World" is not world-like performance benchmark.
- jtreminio 14y agoWhy would you compare a PHP framework to either Python or Ruby?
- camus 14y agobecause people do not develop web-apps with bare python/ruby
- jtreminio 14y agoSorry, I don't think what you wrote makes any sense. He's comparing "any decent php web framework" to Python or Ruby, because neither of those languages are used without frameworks to develop web-apps?
- ergo14 14y agoNo, because php is rarely used to develop applications without proper level of abstraction - so it makes sense to compare apples to apples.