You said:

“I don’t think that there is anything that PHP does that Ruby can’t do.”

I agree. And I also think Ruby’s pure object oriented nature is a pleasure to work with.

That said, for me though, I still tend to favor PHP because of it’s penetration into the marketplace. For a working web designer/developer, the PHP world has so many options when it comes to ready-to-go projects:

- blog software
- cms
- forums
- ecommerce solutions

etc …

Just too much to ignore IMHO.

Stefan

I don’t think it’s just what’s the best tool for the job, but also about what is the best tool for the people doing the job. Inevitably, that is going to play a huge part in the success or failure of the project too.

I am very happy with Ruby, mostly because of it’s syntax and libraries. I can express myself very accurately in Ruby. If you have a team of PHP programmers then PHP is probably the better choice.

I don’t think that there is anything that PHP does that Ruby can’t do.

Not invalidating your three points, though, they are true. I think that programmer happiness and inspiration is more important than those three points when it comes to solving problems.

You are correct. Thanks for pointing that out.

Stefan

“Irregardless” means “not regardless”. So I think you mean simply “Regardless of my intent…” in your third paragraph.