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PHP has already been "rebranded". When people try to dunk on PHP for supposedly being awful, people are quick to point out that that's all from "pre-PHP 5.6" an
by Minor49er 4y ago
PHP has already been "rebranded". When people try to dunk on PHP for supposedly being awful, people are quick to point out that that's all from "pre-PHP 5.6" and that "PHP 7/8" are bringing all kinds of excellent features, functionalities, and refinements
The author links to the person thinking that HypeScript is a good name. He says:
"The name HypeScript sounds like a logical name for me, it pays its respect to the name PHP (PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) as well."
That would be like suggesting that IBM rebrand itself "BizCompany" to pay respect to its own name (?)
- Gys 4y agoDid not read the article, but hyperscript already exists: https://hyperscript.org/ https://hyperscript.org/
- DonHopkins 4y agoNo, he suggested HypeScript, not HyperScript. That's the joke.
- karmakaze 4y agoI thought PHP came from Personal Home Page(s). Edit: Wikipedia says "PHP was originally an abbreviation of Personal Home Page, but it now stands for the recursive initialism PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor."