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Comments on: Programmers should learn to be language agnostic. https://www.killerphp.com/articles/programmers-should-learn-to-be-language-agnostic/ Thu, 09 Dec 2021 20:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.13 By: Stefan Mischook https://www.killerphp.com/articles/programmers-should-learn-to-be-language-agnostic/#comment-762 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:41:36 +0000 http://www.killerphp.com/articles/?p=174#comment-762 Hi Iain:

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

]]> By: iain https://www.killerphp.com/articles/programmers-should-learn-to-be-language-agnostic/#comment-761 Sun, 06 Sep 2009 23:24:52 +0000 http://www.killerphp.com/articles/?p=174#comment-761 If only it were that black and white. In software development it’s not always an obvious match.

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.

]]> By: Stefan Mischook https://www.killerphp.com/articles/programmers-should-learn-to-be-language-agnostic/#comment-760 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:47:34 +0000 http://www.killerphp.com/articles/?p=174#comment-760 Hi Chris,

You are correct. Thanks for pointing that out.

Stefan

]]> By: Chris https://www.killerphp.com/articles/programmers-should-learn-to-be-language-agnostic/#comment-759 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:04:19 +0000 http://www.killerphp.com/articles/?p=174#comment-759 Hate to be a stickler for grammar, but I think poor word usage can convey an impression of the writer the writer may not deserve.

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

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