From: Brian Wisti <brian@...>
Date: 2003-05-05T14:50:13+09:00
Subject: Re: Why is PHP so popular?  What can we learn from the PHP camp?


On Sunday, May 4, 2003, at 10:36  PM, Phil Tomson wrote:

  [ snipping a fair number of good points ]
> So, what can we learn from the PHP camp?  What have they done right in
> promoting their language?

They used it for everything, and they didn't wait for a boss to tell 
them it's okay.  And they worked on improving it at a manic pace over 
the years.  It's not my first choice for most projects, but I have to 
admit that the PHP community has responded to each disparaging comment 
by improving the capabilities of the language.

Ruby is growing fast, that's for sure.  Other than that, the best way 
to "promote" Ruby is just to use it.

Of course, that's all _very_ subjective opinion ;-)

- Brian W