If you can judge a man by the shine on his shoe, you can judge a developer by the syntax on is screen. php is a 100 pound chain on the productivity of the enti

If you can judge a man by the shine on his shoe, you can judge a developer by the syntax on is screen. php is a 100 pound chain on the productivity of the entire industry. Companies that have embraced php also happen to be examples of companies that achieved way below their potential (yahoo and facebook). It's funny that as we slay the beasts of perl and j2ee, we bring up another terrifying goul. It's probably why real engineers snicker when we call ourselves software 'engineers'.