Ajai Khattri wrote:
On Sat, 15 Aug 2009, Leam Hall wrote:
Of course, now part of me wonders if Python could cover where PHP
doesn't and we could keep Java contained in the Uni classroom. That
might help computer load levels a good bit...
Why not Ruby?
Looking at post-PHP alternatives, I gave up on both Python and Ruby
pretty quickly. Although Python and Ruby are more advanced languages in
some ways, they're not "better enough" than PHP to be worth the cost of
switching. There's also the issue that neither one has developed a
completely satisfactory server runtime, although Ruby has come close.
Python, Ruby, PHP and all other dynamic languages are going to be
handicapped when it comes to concurrent programming. Although languages
of that type ~can~ support threads with primitives much like Java, they
invariably have data structures that require locking (symbol tables)
that reduce the amount of concurrency they can exploit. Open source
languages also tend to depend on legacy libraries that aren't thread
safe: the "100% Pure Java" xenophobia has helped Java create one of the
very few runtimes that supports concurrency on different platforms.
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