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[Kristina Anderson]

John -- 

I do believe that the popularity of PHP should be a factor in a 
decision making process.  Not to say that someone should choose a 
language or platform just because everyone else is...but if everyone is 
choosing it, there might be a really good reason or two why.

What I wanted to do was get a discussion going on why it's so 
popular...i.e. it's free, it has a great developer community, it's got 
powerful features for developing web applications, it's well documented 
and flexible, it's FREE...and etc.   

That way someone looking into using it can see the benefits, and make 
up their own mind.

Yours in empirical correctness, 

Kristina :)


> On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 4:11 PM, Webmaster 
<consult at covenantedesign.com> wrote:
> >  I do too. But I would like it quantified as well.
> >
> >  I believe this to be a straw man.
> >
> >  I will clearly list them here, as it seems you didn't follow that 
link
> > (poor scholarship):
> >  # that the number of search engine hits for the phrase "/foo/ 
programming"
> > is proportional to the "popularity" of that language.
> >  # that the proportionality /is the same for different languages/.
> >  It is therefore logically unsound to deduce that the TIOBE indexes 
are
> > correct in a truly accurate esteem.
> 
> Ed,
> 
> I think you are being a bit harsh.  Kristina's initial comment was
> along the lines of "PHP is more popular than cold fusion, and that
> should count for something in weighing the decision".  You then
> replied to a casual comment with a grating and largely ad hominem
> response.
> 
> It appears you have a lot to add to this discussion, but I would
> prefer to read it minus the remarks on others' "scholarship".
> 
> -John C.
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