As a comparative newbie programmer, I find the occasional piece like today's "PHP vs. Ruby" to be useful. It's hard to grasp all the nuances of a subject by sim

As a comparative newbie programmer, I find the occasional piece like today's "PHP vs. Ruby" to be useful. It's hard to grasp all the nuances of a subject by simply reading the documentation, so seeing different viewpoints, spaced out over time, is quite useful.