Post #1963504
2026-04-01 17:12 UTC
Ironically, Python is older than PHP, albeit not by more than a few years (1991 vs 1995).
Both are antiquated at this point, but both have their uses, so do what works, no shame here.
I tend to prefer statically typed languages personally and TDD is a big win for larger code bases when possible. My current place of employment has been on the Golang and Rust bandwagon for a while, but theres still plenty of dotNet, PHP and Python hanging around because they were just the best tool for the job at the time.
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@Skullgrid@lemmy.world 2026-04-01 17:18
> Both are antiquated at this point, but both have their uses, so do what works, no shame here. I'm not using antiquated as in "old" I'm using it as in "disused, no longer functioning the same way other tools of the same ilk do". The new "breakthroughs" in AI and data analysis are being done in python, and it's being used to serve the modern standard of web APIs. I haven't heard much about PHP based LLMs or REST APIs. But like, I'm fine that people like PHP and want to keep using it. Again, I was just regurgitating an old meme.