Describing PHP, Java and Python developers (Snakes & Rubies)

This is a short clips from the Snakes & Rubies conference. They begin by talking about the availability of web hosts for Python/Ruby but Adrian makes an interesting comparison to programmers.

Speakers: Adrian Holovaty and David Heinemeier Hansson
Event: Snakes and Rubies
Full conference: https://www.djangoproject.com/snakesandrubies/

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• PHP
• Java
• Python
• ruby
• developers
• snakes
• and
• rubies
• Adrian
• Holovaty
• David
• Heinemeier
• Hansson
• django
• rubyonrails
• webhosts
• quality
• coding
• programming
• programmers
• technology

[seheart]

Very viable question and great answer. 

[grantkruger]

Is this, "We're too cool to care!" response from David why, awesome as these two projects are, they're getting their butts kicked by other projects that they should pwn? PHP dominates in so many areas despite being a mediocre language, but it's easy to learn, highly accessible and in every corner of the web. This does matter and is why most folks I know who're starting an open source project look to PHP...even if they hate it. It just seemed a very short-sighted and even snobbish response to me.