alrightythen

I disagree with your stance on PHP. It is not an "old" language (in fact, it's younger than both Java and Python), and while some programmers seem to have a problem with it, most of the criticism is exaggerated in my opinion. Personally I like both Python and PHP, but in terms of getting something simple up and running quickly, nothing beats PHP (and yes, the thing that you get up and running is actually very maintainable).

Thanks for the list. I disagree with the notion that Scala is one of the biggest three scripting languages around. Judging by the startup job listings at http://www.quora.com/Which-startups-are-hiring-in-the-San-Fr... almost everyone uses Python, Ruby, or PHP. There was little to no mention of Java (in a web context) or Java-related languages such as Scala. Things might be different in Brazil, though.

Just checked http://www.quora.com/Which-startups-are-hiring-in-the-San-Fr..., and it seems that the languages most in demand are Python, Ruby, and PHP.

Sure, I know, but I was mainly talking about the serverside of things (and the poll was focused on that, too, since the majority of languages there can't be used on the clientside).

And yes, I know that you can use JavaScript on the serverside too, but I highly doubt that something like node.js would be the backend engine of the majority of startups. So the way that I'm interpreting the results is that everyone (or most) startups use JavaScript on the clientside, and a majority of startups use Python on the serverside.

Thank you. Glad to see Python at the top of the list, since that's my preferred choice as well.