What tasks aren't easy for PHP, ColdFusion and ASP?

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Published on 2010-05-14T02:44:19Z Indexed on 2010/05/14 4:34 UTC
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PHP, ColdFusion, and ASP (among many others) are usually sold on their strengths. What are their weaknesses? If one were to develop a niche product to handle the things that these products weren't so good at, what should it focus on?

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I'm trying to figure out what things PHP etc are bad at. They're all good at doing the nuts and bolts stuff, if one is looking with a bottom-to-top mindset. I'm thinking a little more globally, more top-to-bottom; what's difficult to achieve in PHP/ASP/CF without thousands of lines of code and twenty minutes of server time?

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Suppose company A comes up to you and says, "We want you to do x in PHP." What values of x will cause you to say, "Forget it, buddy, no one in their right mind would use PHP for that"?

(swap PHP in the above quote for your favourite tool)

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Have we got to the point where everyone's needs can be met with PHP frameworks, Rails and ... er ... Java?

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