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[nycphp-talk] Why do "cool kids" choose PHP to build websites instead of Java

Elliotte Rusty Harold elharo at metalab.unc.edu
Mon Jan 14 23:40:09 EST 2008


Kenneth Downs wrote:

> A content-free emotive statement.
> It would be more accurate to say that it follows a set of principles you 
> do not share, namely, weak typing.  We would expect you as a java dude 
> to prefer strong typing.  Strong typing to me is inappropriate in a web 
> layer, and reduces my productivity.  Is it insane?  No, just 
> incompatible with my design goals and methods.
> 

The issue is neither strong nor weak typing. The issue is the violation 
of basic Aristotelian logic.

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