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A comment on Ask HN: Why Would I Write Web Apps In Anything Besides PHP?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: Why Would I Write Web Apps In Anything Besides PHP? by jshen on Thursday May 12, 2011 @09:28PM (#2543128)
rails 3 makes strings safe by default. PHP doesn't.
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Re:Ask HN: Why Would I Write Web Apps In Anything Besides PHP? by SaltwaterC on Friday May 13, 2011 @02:59AM (#2543875)
Rails 3 is a web framework. PHP isn't. I am always puzzled by the apple to oranges comparison: Rails vs PHP.
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Re:Ask HN: Why Would I Write Web Apps In Anything Besides PHP? by thenduks on Friday May 13, 2011 @11:51AM (#2545036)
I normally would agree. But I think this is a unique discussion because the OP is asking why he should use something other than PHP. One might use Ruby because of Rails. So it's not a comparison of PHP and Rails directly, just reinforcing the point that languages/platforms other than PHP (and it's frameworks) are just as useful for web work as PHP is.
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