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"Since when did something need to have novel features or ideas in order to be productive?" It doesn't. But if your language ideas are admittedly no better than
by TheLarch 10y ago
"Since when did something need to have novel features or ideas in order to be productive?"
It doesn't. But if your language ideas are admittedly no better than the next guy's, what's the point?
- dreistdreist 10y agoIt can be a combination of different things that exist somewhere but not in this combination. For me PHP is like Java but with sane nullability. It's like python but it actually has interfaces so that I can do proper OOP.
- jdhawk 10y agoIt's easy, fast (both Development speed and Page Views), and can deploy anywhere with a few clicks? It has no novel concepts that require learning something new. It has a plethora of existing code, documentation, frameworks, and StackOverflow answers to solve almost any problem (albeit, not always correctly). Its the lowest barrier to entry web language - and honestly, I'm ok with people writing shit PHP. It gets good Ideas out there quickly - allowing the business to grow without a focus on the Development. This creates opportunities for sharp developers to come in and work on proven ideas.
- Shorel 10y agoCurrently, with version 7.0, its implementation is faster than most other scripting languages. That's one big important point.