PHP verses C#.NET verses D.

[Nick B via Digitalmars-d]

Hi.

There is a startup in New Zealand that I have some dealings with 
at present. They have build most of their original code in PHP, 
(as this was quick and easy) but they also use some C#.net for 
interfacing to accounting appls on clients machines. The core PHP 
application runs in the cloud at present and talks to accountings 
applications in the cloud. They use the PHP symfony framework.

High speed in not important, but accuracy, error handling, and 
scalability is, as they are processing accounting transactions. 
They have a new CEO on board, and he would like to review the 
companies technical direction.

Their client base is small but growing quickly.  I know that PHP 
is not a great language, and my knowledge of D is reasonable, 
while I have poor knowledge of C#.net.

Looking to the future, as volumes grow, they could:
1.  Stay with PHP & C#.net, and bring on servers as volumes grow.
2.  Migrate to C#.net in time
3.  Migrate to D in time.

Any comments or suggestions on the above?