Is PHP more scalable than Ruby or Python?
teej: Scalability for web applications has -nothing to do with the programming language-.  PHP, Ruby, Python, ASP.net, they all use the same strategies to scale.  Three things: cache religiously, index well, and refactor your database queries.Take it from me: I've worked on a Java site with over 2 million monthly uniques.  I built a Ruby on Rails app from the ground up that grew to over 15 million pageviews a day.  I also helped build a PHP-backed api the handled a few million hits a month.I'm sick and tired of the "X scales better than Y" debate.  It's pointless.