Posted by Erwin Moller on 11/02/06 15:39

walterbyrd wrote:

> I don't know if this is a fair comparison or not. Any comments
> appreciated.
>
> - Python is more readable, and more general purpose
> - PHP has awful backward compatibility
> - PHP has a lower barrier to entry
> - Most inexpensive web-hosters support PHP, but not Python
> - PHP has far more pre-writen scripts available
> - mod_python is difficult to set up, and use, and is buggy and prone to
> crash
> - There is more demand for PHP developers, than Python developers

Hi,

I just had a talk/meeting with a representative of my provider(ISP) about
our machine, and after that we went to get a beer in the sun.
He told me that his company was focussing more and more on Python because
many (some?) organisations perceive it as a more serious language than PHP.
That is what he claimed.
Bullocks if you ask me, and he agreed, but that is what some clients of him
think for some reason.

I never used Python seriously myself (only a little in a CMS called ZOPE),
so I won't make a judgement myself.

Regards,
Erwin Moller

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