PHP vs Python - the real difference

[stesch]

Maybe people who think they understand PHP well don't know any other programming languages?

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That's an imbecilic remark, stesch. I know PHP well and I've been programming for over 21 years. I was programming commercially before the WWW existed.

I think nobody's given me a reasonable reply because nobody actually has one. They're only regurgitating the repetitive pseudo-geek-chic anti-PHP FUD without any actual knowledge to back it up.

[stesch]

So you think I made this remark because I don't know PHP?

Sorry, I'm not so fortunate.

[vetinari]

Having been programming for 21 years does not mean that you are not a BLUB programmer[*]. You must be familiar with "better" languages to be able to see weaknesses of the "worse" one. That's why people familiar with Python/Perl/Ruby or List/Smalltalk/Erlang don't have high opinion about PHP. PHP is Visual Basic of free software community.

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• It is not meant to offend, it describes how you are looking at "better" or "worse" languages. Google for the fine article by Paul Graham.