不容易呀，PHP 在某些方面得到了 Ruby 阵营的 DHH 的认同（The immediacy of PHP）：
I've been writing a little bit of PHP again today. That platform has really received an unfair reputation. For the small things I've been used it for lately, it's absolutely perfect.
I love the fact that it's all just self-contained. That the language includes so many helpful functions in the box. And that it managed to get distributed with just about every instance of Apache out there.
For the small chores, being quick and effective matters far more than long-term maintenance concerns. Or how pretty the code is. PHP scales down like no other package for the web and it deserves more credit for tackling that scope.
其实语言就是工具，何必非要比个高低呢。PHP 和 Ruby 各有所长，都有适用的地方，只是有些 fans 太过于狂热了，非要分出个高下来，这就如同“萝卜白菜哪个更好吃”的问题一样，呵呵。
Rails for PHP Developers 很不错的网站，通过类比 Ruby 和 PHP 语法、函数，来让 PHP 开发人员更好地理解、学习 Ruby。去年买了几本 Ruby 的书，也没抽空去好好学习，想想都惭愧。
今天收到了从 joyo 买的几本 Ruby 的书，虽然有电子书，但看着太费眼，还是看书比较舒服。买的都是英文影印版的，翻译的不太敢买，因为不知道质量如何。以后有空也开始写一些 Ruby & RoR 的东西。
37signals 的一本书－－ "Getting Real" 现在已经可以免费在线阅读了，当然你也可以购买书本。37signals 这个团队所创建的 RoR 风靡全球，相信这本书也是不错的，有时间的话拜读一下。
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