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When PHP used to mean "Powerful Heavenly Perl". Rumor had it the first version was written in Perl.
by johnchristopher 7y ago
When PHP used to mean "Powerful Heavenly Perl".
Rumor had it the first version was written in Perl.
- darrenf 7y agoNo, it was Personal HomePage tools. It was written in C. Rasmus even explicitly said you didn't need Perl when he first announced it on Usenet, here: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi/PyJ25gZ6z7A/M9FkTUVDfcwJ https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/comp.infosystems.www.a...
- johnchristopher 7y agoI know, that's why I used the word `rumor`. Powerful Heavenly Perl was a geek joke (like PlentyofHorsePower).