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PHP vs. Node.js: the Battle For Developer Mind Share

Posted by Soulskill on from the my-script-is-scriptier-than-your-script dept.

snydeq writes: Simplicity vs. closures, speed of coding vs. raw speed — InfoWorld's Peter Wayner takes a look at how PHP and Node.js stack up against each other. "It's a classic Hollywood plot: the battle between two old friends who went separate ways. Often the friction begins when one pal sparks an interest in what had always been the other pal's unspoken domain. In the programming language version of this movie, it's the introduction of Node.js that turns the buddy flick into a grudge match: PHP and JavaScript, two partners who once ruled the Internet together but now duke it out for the mind share of developers."

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  1. Jesus Christ by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    This would be the worst movie ever.

  2. Before reading TFA ... by stereoroid · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... JavaScript must die. I expect TFA to concur.

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    1. Re:Before reading TFA ... by Noughmad · · Score: 5, Funny

      But so does PHP. In this battle, whoever wins, we lose.

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  3. terrible article by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Man I've read articles where the author didn't know what they were talking about and was just stacking points, but they're made here with such assertiveness and surety that I started doubting reality. +1 great trip, no mushrooms required.

  4. Re:Not the same use cases by Rhaban · · Score: 5, Funny

    A big steaming pile of crap is still a big steaming pile of crap, no matter how large the pile.

    When you want your corn field to produce corn, nothing's better thant a big steaming pile of crap.

  5. The battle of WEB developer mindshare by Viol8 · · Score: 1, Funny

    Proper systems and apps developers wouldn't touch either of these noddy languages with a sterilised bargepole.

  6. a tale for the ages. by nimbius · · Score: 1, Funny

    PHP, the meth-addled brother you remember from childhood that occasionally wants to have lunch, if only to waste enormous amounts of your time. He still doesnt quite work consistently, his habits get expensive, and everyone remembers that one time he just sat in a corner screaming 'true == false!! false == TRUE!!!!' until someone called the devops.

    and Node.js, the kindhearted strapping beaux from the small town with a heart of gold, even if you didnt always understand his quaint allegories. These days hes become an insufferable jackoff in a suit and tie who's managed to alienate all but a few close friends who from all indications are complete douchebags. Everyone talks about his brother io.js, though. maybe that kid's worth an email.

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  7. Re:okay by TheRaven64 · · Score: 5, Funny
    You should improve your reading comprehension. TFS says, right in the first line (before the link):

    InfoWorld

    If you still click on the link after that, then you only have yourself to blame. I bet you click on goatse links too.

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