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Possibly. I like to think -- informed by my own experience -- that PHP collects a disproportionate share of bad programmers because it's the easiest for bad pr
by jessedhillon 15y ago
Possibly.
I like to think -- informed by my own experience -- that PHP collects a disproportionate share of bad programmers because it's the easiest for bad programmers to use. Chiefly, it is possible to start writing scripts with not even a modicum of planning and forethought; you only need to know what your filename will be. So it stands to reason that they would move on to the new easiest language for bad programming.
Or maybe they would rediscover their passion for something other than web dev, go back to school and get English degrees.
I can hope, can't I?
- icebraining 15y agoI disagree; it's possible to write programs with planning and forethought in any language, and even simple languages like Python have much higher average quality code. I think it's a matter of culture, which is reflected in the language itself and in the community that surrounds it and writes code samples and OSS software.
- wvenable 15y agoI don't think it's a matter of culture so much as a matter of scale. It's the same with most web communities, the quality of the community tends to go down as the membership increases.