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PHP case study: resisting the switch to Scala, Rust, or Go (symfony.com)

submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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My TLDR is:

Their team was using PHP
Before doing a complete re-write they evaluated other languages
Rust ruled out due to cost/benefit, being the fastest in the list, but also the most complex
PHP kept as the main language because:
- The ecosystem is mature
- The PHP/Symfony (and Roadrunner) stack meets their high-performance needs
Inertia: their team "already had extensive experience" in it
They already integrated Go in some microservices
They aren't locked to PHP, and will continue to evaluate these programming languages and others

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Personally I doubt I'll ever reach the switching point. But the trend for PHP devs seems to be switching to Go (when they do switch).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Go is really nice! Though I prefer using both instead of a single one. Still hoping to come across a problem which could be solved by running a Go library using FFI in PHP.