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> more mature infrastructure and better language What does this mean?
by omgitsabird 5y ago
> more mature infrastructure and better language
What does this mean?
- thriftwy 5y agoPHP is a conceptually awful language. It is created by language amateurs and it shows in many early decisions such as the multiple thousands of built-in functions already mentioned. It had its benefits since those amateurs understood their use case and their users' capacity very well. But now all of that is gone and they are still stuck with a subpar language at the core.
- omgitsabird 5y ago> created by language amateurs > all of that is gone and they are still stuck with a subpar language The argument is that the language is "awful" and "subpar" because it has "early decisions" like "multiple thousands of built-in" global functions introduced by "language amateurs"? Sorry, but I remain unconvinced. I agree that there are real reasons that PHP fails as a language in particular use cases, but it seems rare that those reasons get articulated in these threads.