From: Paul Vudmaska <paul@...>
Date: 2004-04-22T03:35:00+09:00
Subject: Re: Is Ruby is better than PHP ...

Useko Netsumi wrote:

>or perhaps Java for developing web application?
>
>I've develop a few applications using PHP/MySQL/Apache and its growing in
>size. After reading the Ruby tutorial, and do a simple script, I kind of
>like this ease of use and a much cleaner language.
>
>But I have reservation about its viability as a dominant web programming
>language/tools. As with PHP, everywhere you look its PHP, perhaps it has
>extensive bell and whistles for web programmers to write cool and
>sophisticate commercials grade web application. How about its security? Is
>it better/worse than PHP? Is Ruby thread-safe?
>
>So, what's the drawback of leaving PHP and embrace Ruby as web programming
>tools?
>
>Thanks
>
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What you get with PHP is maturity and speed and a dirty namespace.

Ruby is more elegant and extensible -beautifully object oriented with a 
great class structure. You can extend/change built in classes.

With ruby i spend much less time in the docs and more coding.

Dont get me wrong PHPs docs are great and organized- the implementation 
is not.