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by Jeff Moore.
Original Post: Comparing PHP with other languages
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Chris Shiflett posted some thoughts on PHP and Ruby on Rails which has generated some interesting discussion. Chris divides programming languages into two categories:
Flexible and powerful: PHP, C, C++, and Perl.
Structured and organized: Java, Ruby, and ASP.NET.
I don't disagree with the cultural grouping. PHP's cultural heritage is definitely in the Unix programming, C/Perl [...]