php vs python

[Ivan Illarionov]

On Wed, 28 May 2008 06:04:54 +0000, Tim Roberts wrote:

> Ivan Illarionov <ivan.illarionov at gmail.com> wrote:
>>On Wed, 28 May 2008 05:10:20 +0400, AnrDaemon wrote:
>>> In reply to Your message dated Monday, May 26, 2008, 04:47:00,
>>> 
>>>>> As I've said before - good programmers can write good code in any
>>>>> language.
>>> 
>>>> Yes, they can. But it may be harder to do for them in one language
>>>> and easier in another.
>>...
>>No. Language does matter.
> 
> A good programmer keeps many tools in his toolbox, and understands which
> tools provide the best service for the problem at hand.

Agree, I keep Python, C and x86 assembly in my toolbox. And this toolbox 
is perfect.

Actually, even PHP has its place in my toolbox, but, *only when I can't 
use Python*, eg Sourceforge.net servers don't have good Python support 
and PHP starts to make sense.

Language matters.

Ivan