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> PHP isn't the outdated, clunky language you may think it is. Proceeds to give a long list of outdated and clunky examples that look like a joke next to any m

by larrik 6y ago

> PHP isn't the outdated, clunky language you may think it is. Proceeds to give a long list of outdated and clunky examples that look like a joke next to any modern framework.

ransom1538 6y ago
Which modern framework? The most common alternative: python. A 30 year old language with two completely different syntactical versions 2 & 3. Packed with all the great shit fest, eg: urllib, urllib2, urllib3.
- tdeck 6y ago
  Python isn't a framework, but in contrast to Pythom, PHP made some bad decisions that are hard to roll back, the biggest being cramming hundreds of inconsistently named standard library functions into the default namespace. PHP can be very productive but I think it's fair to day it was designed a lot less intentionally than many languages.
  - larrik 6y ago
    PHP is very guilty of cramming hundreds of inconsistently named standard library functions into the default namespace, but I wasn't aware of Python doing this?
    - tdeck 6y ago
      Wrote the opposite of what I meant. Thanks for pointing it out while I can still edit :)
- jennasys 6y ago
  Saying that Python 2 & 3 use a completely different syntax is a pretty gross overstatement.
- larrik 6y ago
  Sure, Django/Python is a plenty good example. Python manages to be older than most of its competitors while still feeling like its cutting edge. Django is hard to beat in all but speed. What about newer stuff like Elixir/Phoenix, or even Node/Express or Ruby/Rails. That said, I'm not even saying PHP is bad, but this article doesn't convince me why I'd pick PHP over literally anything else.