vaibanezjem
5/16/2016 6:49:00 PM
I have spent some time searcing and all the answers are very context driven.. This of course makes sense. I'm about to start a large project and I'm thinking I want to ditch php and move to either Python or ruby. Learning curve isn't a concern I only want the best. My main goal here is efficiency. I want the code to run as quick as possible.
I'm looking to build some cloud based apps with a plugin system to expand the functionality. It will be heavily database driven and I have a dedicated server setup to begin working on. My final step is to pick a language but I can't figure out which is best right now. Here are the things I need to take into consideration.
Future of the language - both languages seem new (relatively speaking) do they both have a strong future ahead of them? I.e. will one language be dead/deprecated in 5 years?
Performance - I've checked benchmarks here and there isn't a whole lot in the difference, it depends on what you are using it for.
Industry - is one language becoming more main stream and popular.
Standard library support - no point in a fast language that doesn't support any modern functionality.