PHP case study: resisting the switch to Scala, Rust, or Go
PHP case study: resisting the switch to Scala, Rust, or Go
Case study - Upply: The PHP advantage: How we resisted the switch to Scala, rust, or go (Symfony Blog)
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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