Re: PHP vs JAVA

2013/8/20 Tedd Sperling <tedd@sperling.com> > On Aug 20, 2013, at 10:29 AM, Sebastian Krebs <krebs.seb@gmail.com> wrote: > > Just tell your teacher: Java isn't more popular than PHP as > _web_-language ;) > > I think too, that he actually meant javascript, which is indeed a very > popular client-side language. But javascript and PHP has different > use-cases, thus saying "one is more popular" doesn't tell you anything > about whether they are in competition against each other, or not (hint: > they arent : :D). > > Two things: > > 1. He's not my teacher -- he is a fellow teacher AND a smart one! He knows > the difference between Java and JavaScript. > OKOK, sorry -_- But @topic: For example see http://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/programming_language/all Really: Java is a good and mature language, but it is not a web-language. > 2. In life, you will find that popularity (often over "which is best") is > the main reason why things prosper. > I am not saying, that Java is bad, or it is not popular. It is just not that popular in the web-ecosystem :) There was one statement I remember (I don't know, where I got it from): A static language doesn't fit very well into the dynamic web. :) > > Cheers, > > tedd > > > > _______________ > tedd sperling > tedd@sperling.com > > > > > > -- github.com/KingCrunch