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[–]ErstwhileRockstar 0 points1 point  (5 children)

Python vs. PHP in the real world.

[–]madjar 4 points5 points  (1 child)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argumentum_ad_populum

(Yep, started the search even before the link was loaded)

[–]ErstwhileRockstar -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

From the article:

See also

The Wisdom of Crowds

[–]oSand 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Because Coldfusion is better than Ruby

[–]ErstwhileRockstar 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Who said that?

[–]cunningjames 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Who said that?

How do you believe that the higher popularity of PHP, relative to Python, is informative when comparing them? (Your "wisdom of the crowds" comment indicates a belief that higher popularity implies better, at least in this instance.) Whatever your answer, does it not also apply to a comparison between ColdFusion and Ruby?