If Scheme is so good why MIT drops it?
Xah Lee
xahlee at gmail.com
Sat Jul 25 02:54:22 EDT 2009
PHP is popular because it is geared for the server-side web scripting
lang, and simpler and easy to use, than popular free alternatives at
the time (such as Perl and Java's JSP).
Python became popular primarily because its ease-to-read syntax.
Btween the two, PHP is much easier to use, and much a pleasure to
program in. Python is a pain in the ass.
PHP is functional. The language is not elegant, lots of
inconsistancies. However, it's a joy to use for any practical task in
its web scripting field. PHP has one of the best documentation among
open source computer languages, i'd say top 5.
Python is a twist, with half-assed lambda, a culty community thinking
"computer science R us", and it has this OOP obsession. The Guido guy
do not understand functional programing, but has the pleasure to
actitively badmouth it.
References:
• Language, Purity, Cult, and Deception
http://xahlee.org/UnixResource_dir/writ/lang_purity_cult_deception.html
• What Languages to Hate
http://xahlee.org/UnixResource_dir/writ/language_to_hate.html
• Lambda in Python 3000
http://xahlee.org/perl-python/python_3000.html
• Python Documentation Problems
http://xahlee.org/perl-python/python_doc_index.html
• Examples Of Quality Documentation In The Computing Industry
http://xahlee.org/perl-python/quality_docs.html
• Xah's Perl and Python Tutorial
http://xahlee.org/perl-python/index.html
• Xah's PHP Tutorial
http://xahlee.org/php/index.html
Xah
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