PHP verses C#.NET verses D.

[israel via Digitalmars-d]

On Monday, 15 June 2015 at 23:53:06 UTC, Nick B wrote:
> 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?

We have seen this before. I believe the verdict 
was..."Experiment" first, if things
seem like they will work out with D. Go full force. But from the 
sound of your situation it seems there is no time for 
experimentation.

The best you could do is tell your boss the pros and cons of D 
and ask if he can give you some time to test things out first. 
But i doubt they will listen to the insight of a normal 
employee...unless you have a good reputation?