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Re:Why PHP is Still Better than Ruby by mtpark on Thursday April 09, 2009 @11:59AM (#554575)
Without taking sides, why is this being voted down?

Your opinion that this snippet reads like a natural language and is therefore useful is well taken.

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Re:Why PHP is Still Better than Ruby by JeremyChase on Thursday April 09, 2009 @12:21PM (#554616)
I'm guessing it was downvoted because it was written in a snarky way.

Personally I don't understand the need for code that looks like natural language. This is probably because I grew up in the world of C/C++, and I find php to be the most relatable. When I look at Ruby I have to think about what the heck they are talking about.

Considering how popular Ruby is I have often thought of spending more time with it, but it is so slow I just can't get my head around bothering. PHP using opcode cachers(xcache) and a good webserver (lighttpd) will run very fast...

Jeremy

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