[chiPHPug-discuss] In defense of PHP

[Steven <coo...@ya...>]

This art hosting site that I'm a member of has started a topic on their for=
ums announcing that they're going to be redesigning their entire site from =
scratch and that they're looking for volunteers, whether it be coding, beta=
 testing, whatever. The current head programmer has decided that they're go=
ing to do it in Python using the Pylons and SQLAlchemy frameworks. Whatever=
 those are. I tried reading some of the Pylons framework's website and coul=
dn't understand what the heck they were talking about.=0A=0AOf course, some=
one decides to step in and mention that it could simply be done in PHP, but=
 much to my irritation, that sparks a debate on the verge of a flame war in=
 which every programming staff member of that site bashes PHP and considers=
 it a horrible language that "resists being written nicely". And since they=
're so close-minded about it, I of course decide to step in: http://www.fur=
affinityforums.net/showthread.php?tid=3D12643&pid=3D218320#pid218320=0A(Yes=
, it's furaffinity. *chuckles*)=0A=0AWhat I find strangest is that these pr=
ogramming staff members seem to know infinitely more than I do about progra=
mming. Yet they are so close-minded on PHP that they'll re-write their enti=
re website and forum from the ground up using frameworks and a language tha=
t's more for PC programming rather than in a language designed for the web?=
=0A=0AThis is confusing. How can someone become as knowledgeable in program=
ming as they apparently are yet not see how good PHP is for web things? Do =
they see something I don't?=0A=0AI'm beginning to wonder if PHP has any mer=
it at all. What does PHP have that other languages doesn't that makes it wo=
rth using. Does PHP even have any advantages to other languages?=0A=0AYou g=
uys are probably the closest to a PHP authority that I have easy access to,=
 so I pose the above question to you guys. Reinforce my view of my 'native'=
 language being a good one. Or at least give me some grounds to stand on sh=
ould I need to defend PHP in a debate like the one I mentioned above.=0A =
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