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“Is there anything Rails can do that PHP cannot do? *No.*”

That’s not me, it’s Derek Sivers of CDBaby (hat tip to Greg Beaver).

Jeff Moore has related and insightful comments.

Update: More wisdom and analysis from Pervasive Code regarding “immature developer attitudes”.

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8 Responses to ““Is there anything Rails can do that PHP cannot do? *No.*””

  1. developercast.com » O’Reilly Ruby Blog: 7 reasons I switched back to PHP after 2 years on Rails Says:
    September 24th, 2007 at 09:44

    [...] Paul Jones – “Is there anything Rails can do that PHP cannot do? *No.*” [...]

  2. pcdinh Says:
    September 24th, 2007 at 13:20

    Rails is a creative approach to web application development only. It opened up a new way of building an architecture for a web application. Very interesting. But it is not a silver bullet although many Ruby fan boys take it as such. It fits well for a certain class of web application where PHP even fits better

  3. PHPRomania Blog » Blog Archive » PHP vs Ruby Says:
    September 24th, 2007 at 13:40

    [...] Elizabeth Naramore – “Derek Sivers’ Article on RoR vs PHP” * Paul Jones – “Is there anything Rails can do that PHP cannot do? *No.*” * Terry Chay – “Why PHP triumphs over Ruby” * Jeff Moore – “Ruby versus [...]

  4. Vietnam Infomation Technology » Blog Archive » Huyền thoại Ruby on Rails đã sụp đổ nhờ PHP Says:
    September 26th, 2007 at 20:50

    [...] năm sau đó Dereck đã thấm đòn . Ruby và Rails không phải là các viên đạn bạc ( http://paul-m-jones.com/blog/?p=259) cho các ứng dụng web. Ông ta đã tiến hành viết lại site của mình bằng PHP [...]

  5. I’m Thang » Blog Archives » Huyền thoại Ruby on Rails đã sụp đổ nhờ PHP Says:
    September 26th, 2007 at 20:51

    [...] năm sau đó Dereck đã thấm đòn . Ruby và Rails không phải là các viên đạn bạc ( http://paul-m-jones.com/blog/?p=259) cho các ứng dụng web. Ông ta đã tiến hành viết lại site của mình bằng PHP [...]

  6. Huyền thoại Ruby on Rails đã sụp đổ nhờ PHP Says:
    October 6th, 2007 at 10:41

    [...] chủ chốt của cộng đồng Rails, 2 năm sau đó Dereck đã thấm đòn . Ruby và Rails không phải là các viên đạn bạc cho các ứng dụng [...]

  7. Nytt om webb » Facebook och PHP Says:
    November 11th, 2007 at 04:24

    [...] Paul Jones – “Is there anything Rails can do that PHP cannot do? *No.*” [...]

  8. Từ Tử Lăng Says:
    December 16th, 2007 at 22:34

    There is an article that doesn’t agree with the article here : “Is there anything Rails can do that PHP cannot do? *No.*”

    http://www.hanoian.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=48&Itemid=44

    I personally think that it is very stupid to believe that “Something is better than Something else” just based on one article of one guy in one specific case.

    The guy isn’t even a decent software engineer and doesn’t know about software engineering.

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