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the jab at PHP wasn't really necessary...

dredmorbius 15y ago
Unnecessary jabs at PHP are in fact part of the HTML5 draft standard.
nolok 15y ago
That's how you detect hipster articles ! More seriously, as a php developer all this told me was that I shouldn't use his product, because someone who thinks file uploading in php poses more of a threat than in other language probably doesn't know php much, yet he still finds himself competent enough to jab at it.
- SimHacker 15y ago
  Why as a "php developer" do you restrict yourself to one language? Why not just be a "developer" who uses the right tool for the job? Then you won't have to use PHP all the time. And your feeling won't get hurt when people point out how horrible php is. That's just an objective fact. Don't assume that because he hates PHP he doesn't know it. When you learn other languages, you will find out that you have to know something well to truly hate it properly.
  - nolok 15y ago
    Who said I restricted myself ? Is a python (or whatever suit your boat) developer restricting himself to python ? I said of myself that I am a php developer because I actively use it on a weekly basis and it helps me make a fair amount of money on the side while others argue about which is worse between php and the devil. I also use quite a few other languages, mainly at my job. > Why not just be a "developer" who uses the right tool for the job? That's exactly what I do, and there are a few cases where php is the right tool. When someone tries to use php in other situations and complains that it sucks at it, it just shows how poorly he chose his tool. > And your feeling won't get hurt when people point out how horrible php is Where have you read anything like that ? My feeling aren't hurt at all, I'm just saying his remark is stupid, plain and simple. File uploading in php is no more (or no less) of a threat than in other languages, you just have to know what you are doing, that's what I posted about, not some "php is horrible" that you imagined reading. > When you learn other languages, you will find out that you have to know something well to truly hate it properly. That is exactly my point that you missed, given his remark on file uploading (the only thing he mentioned and that I commented on), he doesn't know php well. Thus he should abstain from trying to take a shot at it in a product description page, especially since - given php popularity - a lot of his potential users are using it.
robryan 15y ago
Yeah, all this can be done easily in php and it has great amazon client library support.

Unnecessary jabs at PHP are in fact part of the HTML5 draft standard.

nolok 15y ago

That's how you detect hipster articles ! More seriously, as a php developer all this told me was that I shouldn't use his product, because someone who thinks file uploading in php poses more of a threat than in other language probably doesn't know php much, yet he still finds himself competent enough to jab at it.

SimHacker 15y ago
Why as a "php developer" do you restrict yourself to one language? Why not just be a "developer" who uses the right tool for the job? Then you won't have to use PHP all the time. And your feeling won't get hurt when people point out how horrible php is. That's just an objective fact. Don't assume that because he hates PHP he doesn't know it. When you learn other languages, you will find out that you have to know something well to truly hate it properly.
- nolok 15y ago
  Who said I restricted myself ? Is a python (or whatever suit your boat) developer restricting himself to python ? I said of myself that I am a php developer because I actively use it on a weekly basis and it helps me make a fair amount of money on the side while others argue about which is worse between php and the devil. I also use quite a few other languages, mainly at my job. > Why not just be a "developer" who uses the right tool for the job? That's exactly what I do, and there are a few cases where php is the right tool. When someone tries to use php in other situations and complains that it sucks at it, it just shows how poorly he chose his tool. > And your feeling won't get hurt when people point out how horrible php is Where have you read anything like that ? My feeling aren't hurt at all, I'm just saying his remark is stupid, plain and simple. File uploading in php is no more (or no less) of a threat than in other languages, you just have to know what you are doing, that's what I posted about, not some "php is horrible" that you imagined reading. > When you learn other languages, you will find out that you have to know something well to truly hate it properly. That is exactly my point that you missed, given his remark on file uploading (the only thing he mentioned and that I commented on), he doesn't know php well. Thus he should abstain from trying to take a shot at it in a product description page, especially since - given php popularity - a lot of his potential users are using it.

robryan 15y ago

Yeah, all this can be done easily in php and it has great amazon client library support.