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Old 01-18-2008, 01:46 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Why did you make a poll? This is talkphp.com, does it surprise you that everybody will vote for PHP?
Not 'Everyone' voted for PHP, apparently


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Yes it is. You should be acquainted with more than one language, or you will forever be a PHPer and will never be able be able to think outside the PHP mindset. I learned Ruby on Rails 2 years ago, and the RoR mindset of thinking has had effect on my PHP code as well - for the better.
Are you suggesting that I should get acquainted with ROR?



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Because it's the only way to write maintainable code in large projects.
I hear that point often being made in favor of OOP, but, a clear example would make it easier for someone like me to be convinced of the necessity of OOP.

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Worse, the whole document is a paragon of arrogance. Comments like this disqualify 98% of their view in my opinion:
LOL...I agree with u!

What do you guys think of the second article: ???? blog Ruby vs PHP performance
With processor speeds getting better, would you prefer one language over the other (I am referring to interpreted languages), just because it is quicker in processing data?
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