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by JulianWasTaken
5005 days ago
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There's really only one paragraph here that remotely tries to explain the headline: "The PHP where there are lots of people writing below par software while charging their clients for it? The PHP that has a ton of websites with crappy advice and crappy code to copy/paste? The PHP which has a relatively small community, with the majority of people working under the radar and on their own?" I'm a Python developer. Do you have any idea how much crappy Python code and crappy advice is on the internet? Take a look at the StackOverflow homepage at any given moment. Every language has developers at every stage of the learning process. And every language has developers who have stunted in the learning process. So, this is ridiculous. The answer is no. Rails provides infinitely better tools in a better language than PHP. |
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You're making a highly subjective and unqualified comparison of a language to a framework, and (given past citations in similar discussions) probably using information to do so that's at least five years out of date. This after saying you're a python dev so presumably not especially well versed in either language/framework (do correct me if I'm wrong)
Like you say, there's a lot of bad code out there. PHP is notorious for it due to its shallow learning curve and widespread availability on cheap servers. The authors point is that the barrier to entry on ruby/rails appears to be quickly dropping and asks whether it will suffer the same fate.