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There was a decent xkcd comic about this in 2007 https://xkcd.com/224/ https://xkcd.com/224/ Essentially all of our biggest software systems are made with php,
by nikanj 3y ago
There was a decent xkcd comic about this in 2007 https://xkcd.com/224/ https://xkcd.com/224/
Essentially all of our biggest software systems are made with php, c++, java etc. Elegance and beauty somehow always lose to the hack-together-itude of other languages
- namaria 3y agoI think the "Worse is Better" essay captures it well https://www.dreamsongs.com/RiseOfWorseIsBetter.html https://www.dreamsongs.com/RiseOfWorseIsBetter.html Platonic ideals are great for thinking clearly. Doing things in the messy reality often requires compromising. It's impossible to solve all corner cases a priori...