walterbyrd a écrit : > Bjoern Schliessmann wrote: > >>walterbyrd wrote: >> >> >>>- PHP has a lower barrier to entry >> >>Which kind of barrier do you mean -- syntax, availability, ...? > > > Putting php into a web-site is as easy as throwing some php code into a > my html file, and maybe giving the file a php extension. I can get php > hosting for $10 a year easy. > > This may not be what you want for a major developement project,
Not even for a minor one. While one can write not-trivial applications in PHP, the kind of work this requires would greatly benefit from a real programming language (vs a Q&D web scripting language). > but the > barrier to entry is very low. > Ok. This observation is very specific to web development. Python is a general purpose programming language. And from this POV, it's IMHO much easier to learn. And not only because you don't need Apache to use it. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list