On 08/28/2017 02:17 PM, Alan Feuerbacher wrote:
Thanks! I hope you folks don't mind what will likely be dumb newbie questions. :-) Alan
Alan, here's the deal. If PHP does what you need and you enjoy it, then jump right in. Lots of people, including me, have fretted over "the perfect language". I don't have time to learn the perfect language for each task. Don't have the brains for it either.
If the language is fun for you then you will probably write more code in it than "the perfect language" that isn't as fun. More code == better coding skills.
I've done PHP for CLI stuff because I was doing PHP at the time and enjoying the heck out of it. As you move to Linux you'll need some shell and another language. Most folks use Python for scripting and C for systems work. That's where the job market is. If you're doing your own thing then PHP, Ruby, Go, or whatever is just fine. They are all free and have more to explore than you can get to in a year.
The key is to have fun as you learn. Leam -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
