On May 21, 11:10 pm, notbob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not posting this just to initiate some religious flame war, though it's > the perfect subject to do so. No, I actaully want some serious advice about > these two languages and since I think usenet is the best arena to find it, > here ya' go. > > So, here's my delimna: I want to start a blog. Yeah, who doesn't. Yet, I > want learn the guts of it instead of just booting up some wordwank or > whatever. I started to learn python, but heard php was easier or faster or > more like shell scripting or... fill in the blank. Anyway, so I change over > to learning php. Then I run across that blog, Coding Horror, and start > reading articles like this: > > http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001119.html > > Now what? Go back to python. Soldier on with php? What do I know? Not > much. I can setup mysql and apache,, but don't know how to use 'em, really. > I use emacs and run slackware and can fumble my way through bash scripts, > but I can't really write them or do lisp. I've taken basic basic and basic > C, but am barely literate in html. Sometimes it seems overwhelming, but I > persevere because it's more fun/challenging than video games, which bore me > to tears. > > Well, that's my actual question, then. Is php really so bad I'm just > wasting my time? Or is it really the quickest way to blog functionality? > Would I be better served in the long run learning python, which claims to be > easy as pie to learn/program (still looks hard to me). I admit I'm no code > geek. But, I'm not completely brain dead, either, and I need something to > keep my geezer brain sparking. What say ye? > > nb
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