> They're comparing it because people are starting to use mobile devices as replacements for PCs
Sure, if you spent all your time on Twitter and Facebook and you like 4" keyboards it's great.
The only interesting comparison here would be between tablet and notebook sales, because they are the only 2 markets that somewhat overlap.
How many people do you know who own an iPhone and don't have a computer as well? Saying that people buy new computers less often because they spend some of that money on smartphones could make sense, but saying smartphones are taking over sounds kinda silly.
> The comments to this post were entertaining but not very valuable, especially since almost all of them made complaints about things that weren't actually said. So I've closed comments.
Yeah, might want to close the article for similar reasons.
> There are many very legitimate reasons for a developer, especially one well-versed in many languages, to not want to use PHP.
Like what? I feel there are many reasons why it is a dangerous language for a novice, but if you can be productive with C/Java/Python/Go/YouNameIt, you can probably write nice, maintainable and reliable PHP.
If you're talking about technical difficulties or elegance or whatever, sure. I'll just go with the Facebook argument. I've bootstrapped many projects for companies who aren't made of über hackers, and going PHP guarantees them they can very easily find people who can pick-up the code later on. Also, any * hosting will run your code.
I think nowadays, ideally, I'd just use Go for everything. But in reality, productivity > idealism.
Huh, I'm from the few who never even created a Facebook account.
Whenever something is up, everyone knows I won't get the memo, and they give me a mail/text/call. Usually more than one person.
And you can't compare that to email vs phone. Phone is costly, time consuming, single threaded. Sending a message on Facebook or an email doesn't make any difference.
