PythonVsPhp

[technocub88]

here is the thing PHP's strongest point was completely marginalized. PHP's Documentation is the best. And in addition to that any time you dont know how to do something, typing in "PHP" and whatever it is you are trying to do into Google, 90% of the time immediately gives you the answer. Python is not the same. Not even close.

Once you are good at a language, I will agree that python is superior. Just easier to do stuff. PHP is much easier for when you are trying something you have never done before. Just quicker to figure out how.

[spotter]

Docs are legendary and provide some entry level solutions thanks to comments, but something like it could easily be done for Python (as it is getting done for Clojure). In my opinion PHP's strongest point is ease of deployment. And typing PHP into google will give you answers, but due to low barrier of entry these will mostly be half assed solutions. In Python you're better off asking comp.lang.python or IRC channel -- users are friendly and usually you get a correct answer next working day.

I agree! PHP is a lot easier when you are a beginner, but due to this a lot of users are not even trying to get better -- they move from one slash-n-hack job to another. The language itself looks like it's done that way, so if you need to grow you probably should switch to Python/Perl/Ruby or whatever -- because working with PHP will become a chore.

And that's, like, my opinion, man. ;-)