[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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