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which language to use?

here is a very useful chart to use when deciding which language to use for web applications.

Feature	.Net	Java	Cold Fusion MX	PHP
Compiled Code – Increases website speed (precompiled is the fastest)	Yes – both precompiled and dynamically compiled when a page is requested	Yes – both precompiled and dynamically compiled when a page is requested	Yes – dynamically compiled when a page is requested	No – a 3^rd party accelerator can be used to increase performance but it is not installed on most shared hosting servers.
Scripted Language – results in poor website performance	No	No	Somewhat	Yes – a 3^rd party accelerator can be used to increase performance but it is not installed on most shared hosting servers.
Object Oriented – Increases the ability for code reuse and provides enhanced features as well as reduced development time; since code is more reusable, results in fewer bugs that can be discovered by any client and fixed for everyone; encourages developers to write more maintainable code.	Yes	Yes	Somewhat	No
Supported Development Languages – easier to find developers	C++, C#, Visual Basic.NET, Jscript.NET, Python, Perl, Java (J#), COBOL, Eiffel, Delphi – 25 languages supported currently	Java	CFML and CFScript	PHP
Browser Specific HTML Rendering – different HTML is automatically sent to IE than to Netscape, reducing incompatibility issues	Yes	No	No	No
Open Source	No	Yes	Somewhat	Yes

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