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GP didn't say PHP is a good language. GP is saying that many hate PHP while praising JS, which is another impressive pile of crap on many fronts: semantics, sta
by sph 3y ago
GP didn't say PHP is a good language. GP is saying that many hate PHP while praising JS, which is another impressive pile of crap on many fronts: semantics, standard library, ecosystem.
All those bad things about PHP you've listed go well with Gary Bernhardt's WTF video about JS's inconsistency.
JavaScript is not well-designed however you squint at it, and claims that it's gotten better must come from people that have not used any other language before.
- scq 3y agoI'm familiar with the Wat talk, the flaws in JS are not nearly as egregious. I'm not saying that JS is well-designed, just that PHP is so badly designed that it makes JS look good by comparison.