php vs python

[inhahe]

I don't like php.  I tried it once and I had it sort a list, but the list 
was apparently too long for its sorting function because it just sorted the 
first so-many elements of it and left the rest in order, and didn't generate 
any error.  I like a language that's actually determined by what you tell it 
to do.   I hear it has a lot of security issues too.  I'm not sure that php 
*runs* faster than python, having seen benchmarks, but it certainly loads 
faster.  Maybe not so much of a difference once python25.dll is already in 
the cache though (speaking from a windows perspective).  because when i load 
a program it can take a while but it's pretty quick if i'd just loaded one 
recently.  but you don't necessarily have to load python for each page 
rendering anyway.

I like the Python language a lot better than php.  but I just really like 
Python.

php mixes html and code out-of-the-box (sort of.. i guess it's more like a 
reversal of which one is explicit)... if you use Python you should look into 
a 'templating engine' like mako.  i use cheetah, but mako is supposed to be 
better.

i think Python is the easiest language to learn, with the possible exception 
of qbasic (just because making multidimensional arrays in python isnt that 
obvious, although maybe it is using numpy, i've never tried it).  Python 
isn't as easy as basic if you use/have to read the more advanced features, 
but those aren't even available in basic. so I find it a comfortable 
learning curve.