NYCPHP Meetup

[Kenneth Downs]

It seems the real joke is comparing two languages, which appear to be 
equally expressive.

Jon Baer wrote:
> You can pick them up @ http://www.railsenvy.com
>
> I think it really depends on the job @ hand, an app running under new 
> JRuby and a JVM under EC2 cluster is pretty impressive, but that's 
> just me.  I guess whatever language runs the looping functions 
> getPaid(),payBills() fastest usually wins out these days.
>
> - Jon
>
> On May 24, 2007, at 8:19 PM, Rob Marscher wrote:
>
>> Sounds like RoR fanboys in action.  I just got my first chance to 
>> check this list in the last week and those links aren't active 
>> anymore... Know an alternate way to get to them?
>>
>> Other than having to type dollar signs all the time, I think php is 
>> great :)  I like other languages too... some are much prettier... but 
>> every time I think I'll start a little project using something 
>> else... I can't think of a really good reason to spend the extra time 
>> it would take to do something I know I can do in php almost off the 
>> top of my head.
>>
>> What about you, Jon?  If you were to start a new project, are there 
>> reasons you would choose ruby (or python or java or something) over 
>> php?  Obviously if a project already exists in another language, 
>> that's a good reason to keep using it.
>>
>> Later,
>> Rob
>>
>> On May 17, 2007, at 1:05 PM, Jon Baer wrote:
>>
>>> Looks like it needs to kick into overdrive ...
>>>
>>> http://aatw.tumblr.com/post/2036104
>>> http://aatw.tumblr.com/post/2036194
>>>
>>> I even saw a "$this->sucks" t-shirt the other day.  What is up with 
>>> that?
>>>
>>> ;-)
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