I don't see PHP going away for a long time, unless the PHP core developers fly off into left field and make some crazy decisions. If I was going to learn new languages, I'd learn: Ruby - because its becoming ubiquitous, but its too slow for full-scale SaaS stuff, just ask Twitter :) Python, node.js - for performance. Just my two cents. Eric On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 12:57 PM, Paul Mooring wrote: > I think most of the technologies you listed got sunk by changes in the > tech eco-system as a whole. FoxPro was killed by MS but COBOL and dBase > are still alive in there own niche's. I think PHP will suffer the same > fate, there's definitely better languages for writing full scale SaaS > applications in (Ruby and Python seem like the big front-runners) but for a > simple site you want to upload via FTP and forget I see no reason anyone > would want to put much effort into "replacing" PHP. > > On a related note, much of PHP's reputation isn't really deserved in my > opinion. There's a lot of awful code out there, but it's eco-system now > has a pretty scale-worthy stack (laravel/symfony/ect, php-fpm and nginx) > and like any language, it has some poor design decisions, but for the most > part bad code is due to bad programmers rather than the language itself. > > -- > Paul Mooring > Systems Engineer and Customer Advocate > > www.opscode.com > > From: keith smith > Reply-To: Main PLUG discussion list > Date: Friday, April 5, 2013 12:25 PM > To: Main PLUG discussion list > Subject: PHP lifespan > > > > Hi, I do not want to start any flame wars. I would like to open a > discussion though. > > I was thinking of what the life span of PHP might be. I have lived > through a number of them. > > 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. > > 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. > > So I am wondering about PHP. What might it's lifespan be? What might be > the next big thing... etc. > > I'm interested in hearing your thoughts. > > ------------------------ > Keith Smith > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >