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Posted by Sherman Pendley on 11/14/07 23:32
flarosa <frank@franklarosa.com> writes:
> I'm wondering if I can get a reasonably civil (without starting any
> huge wars) opinion on how server-side PHP compares to server-side
> Java.
I've yet to see a cross-posted language comparison that remained civil.
This may be the exception, but I doubt it will be.
> I've been strictly a Java developer for almost 10 years now, and I'm
> pretty happy with it. However, I can't help but notice that there are
> a significant amount of PHP-based development projects where I live,
> and I've also noticed when searching around the internet for ready-
> made web applications that a lot of them are in PHP.
>
> As an object-oriented programmer I've always assumed PHP was more of a
> scripting language for doing things on individual web pages or writing
> small applications and that Java/J2EE was better positioned for
> writing large applications, but maybe that's no longer true.
>
> Let me know what you think. Thanks.
Learn both - and Ruby, Perl, Python, C, C++, C#, etc. The more tools you
have in your toolbox, the better-equipped you'll be to apply the most
appropriate one for the task at hand.
The phrase "object-oriented programmer" makes about as much sense to me
as "brush painter" or "saw carpenter." I can't see the point in limiting
one's options so narrowly.
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