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Re:The Little Coder's Predicament by neilk on Wednesday February 11, 2009 @01:31AM (#476652)
Possibly, but PHP limits you to web-style interactions. You have to be excruciatingly clever to get it to act like a chat server or something. And forget about doing animation or sound or anything fun.
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Re:The Little Coder's Predicament by axod on Wednesday February 11, 2009 @05:23AM (#476835)
So once you've mastered php, you move onto something more powerful.

You can do tons in javascript these days also.

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Re:The Little Coder's Predicament by ambition on Wednesday February 11, 2009 @08:33AM (#476968)
Right, but many beginning programmers don't want to start with something boring and move on to the fun stuff. You can't show a CGI form to your friends and have them drool over how cool it is. Instant gratification is key.
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Re:The Little Coder's Predicament by reeses on Wednesday February 11, 2009 @04:58PM (#477606)
It almost has to be at the level of myspace -- look, I can quickly add this picture, or this music, or this text to a page all my friends can see.
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