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Originally Posted by testpie
I'd go for PHP, but only because *NIX servers tend to be more reliable, cheaper and just better than Winblows servers, and because I've never been able to wrap my head around how Rubyonrails actually works, because I'm too used to traditional programming concepts such as coding your own functions and taking it up the ass when something (which it inevitably does) goes wrong.
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Taking it up the ass is a traditional programming concept? LOL
Ruby on Rails does have a much higher learning curve than PHP but that's because it's a language and a framework. PHP is only a language. PHP is an extremely simple / limited language. Which naturally means it's easy to learn but not very powerful. Ruby has a lot of programming concepts that make programming a joy. The framework is built around best practices such as MVC, code generation, meta-programming, etc.
I highly recommend putting in the time to learn RoR even if you don't plan on using it. It will make you a better programmer. I know it has for me.