<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I can only speak from my experience but I'm noticing a lot of projects that once would have been done in PHP are now being done in Python. While Ruby is my favorite language *I'm* not seeing as much interest from clients in it as I am in Python. I think it's safe to say that PHP is going to be around for awhile that said I think its going to start declining as more Python developers start to hit the market. <div><br><div><div>On Apr 5, 2013, at 12:25 PM, keith smith wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><br><br>Hi, I do not want to start any flame wars. I would like to open a discussion though.<br><br>I was thinking of what the life span of PHP might be. I have lived through a number of them.<br><br>In the early 80's COBOL was still taught and was in use. I know it is still around, however I do not think anyone would choose COBOL for a new project. <br><br>I also lived through the whole dBase, Clipper, FoxBase+, and Visual FoxPro cycle. FoxPro was acquired by M$ 15 or 18 years ago, which started it's slow decline. M$ finally killed it last year.<br><br>So I am wondering about PHP. What might it's lifespan be? What might be the next big thing... etc.<br><br>I'm interested in hearing your thoughts.<br><br>------------------------<br>
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