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A comment on Ask HN: Java and PHP rant.

Re:Ask HN: Java and PHP rant by mihn on Thursday June 13, 2013 @11:57AM (#5874722)
Because most of big and horrendeous systems are written in them. And maintaining such systems is a PITA.

And Ruby/Python are much more productive.

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Re:Ask HN: Java and PHP rant by byoung2 on Thursday June 13, 2013 @12:35PM (#5874964)
And Ruby/Python are much more productive

Languages themselves are not productive. You could make the argument that they allow developers to be more productive. Although a talented PHP developer with years of experience could be much more productive than a novice Ruby/Python developer.

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Re:Ask HN: Java and PHP rant by shire on Thursday June 13, 2013 @12:43PM (#5875006)
What languages are you more productive with?
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Re:Ask HN: Java and PHP rant by claudiug on Friday June 14, 2013 @09:57AM (#5879914)
the one that you know better.
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