programming languages more or less are all only as good as the programmer.. obviously something compiled is going to be faster then something interpreted but when it comes down to it as far as security and how well something runs thats the programmer and not the program
Just looked up php as well and in june it will be 11 years since it was first released.. Just because a language is old doesnt make it any less good.
From the php.net site: PHP has been awarded the Programming Language of 2004, according to the TIOBE Programming Community Index. This index uses information collected from the popular search engines, and are based on the world-wide availability of skilled engineers, courses and third party vendors.
Today's language definately is PHP, in terms of how many use it and so on.
The next one is hard to predict, I am a bit scared of it going to be Ruby On Rails, but if that happends, even MORE people than now (because of PHP) that have no clue about programming will pretend they are programmers.
Ruby itself looks very interesting, I'm sure its going to blow up soon.
It just reminds me of Smalltalk, which reminds me off Lisp, which reminds me of crap like
( add ( 4, multiply ( 3, 5 ) ) )
Scary.
"Think about it a little more and you'll agree with me, because you're smart and I'm right."
- Charlie Munger
perl :P I think python is a underestimated language as well
Python is amazing, yes.
But it's more for rapid prototyping and used as a "glue" language than anything I'd want for a scalable solution in a production environment.
I was the Vice President of Business Development for the company that released Python 2.0 ... I saw companies like Google, Yahoo, Nasa, and Disney making use of its power. Good times!
I do some things in ASP, some in PHP, some in Perl. Depends on what exactly you are trying to do, and what the familiarity with your programmer and language is
“I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.” -Oscar Wilde
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