Jeff Moore has a new posting on his blog today with a response to these ideas on the "Simple Thoughts" weblog - with a look at PHP development from a Java architect's eye.

Simple Thoughts blog has a post on PHP development from a Java architects eyes. This post highlights the paradigm difference between programming in PHP and programming in Java - [...] PHP shuns threads in favor of simplicity and relies on files and databases to "share data between multiple invocations of the script." The author doesn't make this paradigm shift and erroneously implies that PHP is not scalable. At the same time, he offers this insight into the mindset of Java programmers: "Most of the time you hear Java programmers thinking of scalability and performance when his PHP counterparts are happily coding away in a world with unlimited resources (they think)."

There are several other points that Jeff mentions in response to the other posting, pointing out where things are not correct and have been assumed rather than researched.

One of my favorites: The interesting thing is that some of the most popular PHP applications are not the ones that I would point to and tell people "this is a good example of programming in PHP." I won't name names, but I would hate for people to form their opinions about PHP solely on the design of these applications.