Comparing PHP, Perl, Python and Ruby

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Post by charlax » Tue, Feb 28, 2012, 9:56 PM UTC

Comparing PHP, Perl, Python and Ruby
hyperpolyglot.org

Re: Comparing PHP, Perl, Python and Ruby

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Post by verelo » Tue, Feb 28, 2012, 10:18 PM UTC

This is great. Very handy for explaining to others the differences between various languages, and surprisingly enough until you get into the array functions i'm starting to feel like PHP isn't really that messy since reading this!

Thanks for sharing, ill pass it on whenever a comparison is needed.

Re: Comparing PHP, Perl, Python and Ruby

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Post by leftnode » Tue, Feb 28, 2012, 10:27 PM UTC

verelo wrote: post #2

This is great. Very handy for explaining to others the differences between various languages, and surprisingly enough until you get into the array functions i'm starting to feel like PHP isn't really that messy since reading this! Thanks for sharing, ill pass it on whenever a comparison is needed.

PHP5.4 also has the short syntax array initializer:

    $array = [1, 2, 3];

Edit: While PHP still has it's fair share of issues, a lot of the same complaints people had 5-8 years ago aren't valid, and it probably has no more or less oddities than any other scripting language at this point.

Re: Comparing PHP, Perl, Python and Ruby

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Post by youlost_thegame » Tue, Feb 28, 2012, 10:31 PM UTC

Very, very thorough. A great resource, thanks!

Re: Comparing PHP, Perl, Python and Ruby

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Post by youlost_thegame » Tue, Feb 28, 2012, 10:35 PM UTC

youlost_thegame wrote: post #4

Very, very thorough. A great resource, thanks!

Wait... there's more on the homepage! http://hyperpolyglot.org/

Re: Comparing PHP, Perl, Python and Ruby

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Post by rll » Tue, Feb 28, 2012, 10:37 PM UTC

Note that anywhere you see array() in that list for PHP 5.4 you can replace it with [ ]'s. So the example that has:

  $a = array(1,2,array(3,4));

becomes:

  $a = [1,2,[3,4]];

Also

0b101010

works in 5.4.

Re: Comparing PHP, Perl, Python and Ruby

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Post by powersurge360 » Tue, Feb 28, 2012, 10:41 PM UTC

PHP repl is actually php -a

Re: Comparing PHP, Perl, Python and Ruby

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Post by methoddk » Tue, Feb 28, 2012, 10:43 PM UTC

Bookmarked and forever using this to explain the differences between these. Thanks for the awesome resource!

Re: Comparing PHP, Perl, Python and Ruby

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Post by snampall » Tue, Feb 28, 2012, 10:54 PM UTC

Nice. Useful and handy.

Re: Comparing PHP, Perl, Python and Ruby

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Post by jacques_chester » Tue, Feb 28, 2012, 10:56 PM UTC

leftnode wrote: post #3

verelo wrote: post #2

This is great. Very handy for explaining to others the differences between various languages, and surprisingly enough until you get into the array functions i'm starting to feel like PHP isn't really that messy since reading this! Thanks for sharing, ill pass it on whenever a comparison is needed.

PHP5.4 also has the short syntax array initializer: $array = [1, 2, 3]; Edit: While PHP still has it's fair share of issues, a lot of the same complaints people had 5-8 years ago aren't valid, and it probably has no more or less oddities than any other scripting language at this point.

The problem with PHP is that 99.99% of the code in circulation today isn't the shinier cleaned-up versions. It's PHP4 and PHP 5.0 and it's still chock-a-block with the storied mind-bending nastiness of yore.