Linked by snydeq on Tue 14th Oct 2008 16:58 UTC
Peter Wayner examines the platforms and passions underlying today's popular dynamic languages, and though JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Groovy, and other scripting tools are fast achieving the critical mass necessary to flourish into the future, 10 forces in particular appear to be driving the evolution of this development domain. From the co-optation of successful ideas across languages, to the infusion of application development into applications that are fast evolving beyond their traditional purpose, to the rise of frameworks, the cloud, and amateur code enablers, each will have a profound effect on the future of today's dynamic development tools.
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Thinking about it Python, Perl and PHP are all just as easy in terms of actual programming.
PHP is just easy because its everywhere, the cheapest hosting companies provide on their cheapest accounts. Its was also easy because of globals being on and many other conveniences that were insecure in design.
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2008-08-19
That's just it - PHP is too easy. It's easy to sit down and start using it - but the downside to that it can easily be used without the skills to do a good job of it. Both good code and bad code can be written in any language, but some encourage good practices more than others do. PHP isn't one of those.