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This and the parent comments are assuming that all language criticism boils down to tribalism/elitism and not problems with the language itself, as if all PLs a
by goatlover 7y ago
This and the parent comments are assuming that all language criticism boils down to tribalism/elitism and not problems with the language itself, as if all PLs are the same, and the choice to use them is arbitrary.
- Spivak 7y agoI mean the choice isn't literally arbitrary but it matters a lot less than the ecosystem and you can't really make a wrong choice as .NET, JS, PHP, Java, Ruby, Python, Go, $ReasonablyPopularLang are all plenty productive.
- goatlover 7y agoSure, but there are legitimate criticisms around types, complexity, security, maintainability, scalability and performance where the language choice can matter. Certainly when the project gets large.
- mtnGoat 7y agothose concerns prevail in every large project i've seen, regardless of language. I think skill and knowledge of the coders is vastly more important then the language choice... you can write insecure, slow code in any language.
- mtnGoat 7y agosomewhat agree, but many comments here detracting from PHP don't have any substance as to why... they come off as tribal and elitest.