Expanding its already huge share in the programming world, PHP now seems to be making a move onto the iSeries platform, as seen here.

Now, I know what you are thinking. If there is one thing the iSeries programmer community really wants to learn, it is another language. [...] And I know we all heard from IBM, Sun Microsystems, and others about how Java was going to lead us all into the Promised Land, where milk and money flow freely. (Well, something like that, anyway.) The fact remains that whether you need it or not, PHP might soon be part of the iSeries culture, and it could turn out to be one of the saviors of the iSeries platform.

They talk about a few other benefits that PHP has over some of the current languages, including speed (ex. how Friendster dropped JSP for PHP) and scalability that just can't be matched with even the most well-written JSP code. For more in the comparison, check out the rest of this article.

Thanks to PHPMagazine for the link...