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So people who don't care make successful projects and PHP is a garbage language that is responsible for more successful projects than any other server side scri
by calsy 10y ago
So people who don't care make successful projects and PHP is a garbage language that is responsible for more successful projects than any other server side scripting language. LOGIC.
- aikah 10y ago> PHP is a garbage language yet it is responsible for more successful projects than any other service side scripting language? If you consider Wordpress a success then yes PHP is successful. The thing is, a CMS isn't an interesting project to work on.
- calsy 10y agoWordpress is a single example and a project being 'interesting' does not equate to success.
- swalsh 10y agoMy point is that the people don't care about the tech. They're worrying about the problem they're trying to solve. New companies that priotitize tech over finding and pleasing their customers don't live long enough to see the benefits. Just my observation. I've been through the "but if you don't build it right today you'll have to build it again tomorrow... that makes no sense" phase. I made some great code, but very few people are running it. My worst code is the code the most amount of people are running... it's because I got it done, and I got it rught before my budget ran out.
- chiefalchemist 10y agoThat's really the question. Is language choice a signal for other properties of the culture? And if so, which of those cause success?
- calsy 10y agoThe primary objective of programming is to 'provide a solution to a given problem'. Everything else is secondary. If PHP is capable of providing that solution faster and cheaper than its competitors, it will always be the winner. PHP is a practical language and its success demonstrates that fact.