PHP seems to fall apart in the seams when trying to reach a higher abstraction level. For instance, Symfony 2 tries very hard to include modern OO techniques in there, but the end result is that its performance is incredibly bad. Also, the OO basis is ripped from Java (which is not a perfect fit in some places, given that Java is a more static language), which I do not enjoy at all.
Python isn't the fastest dog out there, but doesn't fare so badly with the abstractions, and its OO style suits a dynamic language better. It doesn't try to be a Java.
Neither language will give you much protection against programming errors, nor optimize your code very well like many of the new hip languages (Rust, Go, Nim) do.
Python isn't the fastest dog out there, but doesn't fare so badly with the abstractions, and its OO style suits a dynamic language better. It doesn't try to be a Java.
Neither language will give you much protection against programming errors, nor optimize your code very well like many of the new hip languages (Rust, Go, Nim) do.