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Nikita Popov is thanked in the forward for work fixing LLVM bugs. Before he pivoted to LLVM work, Nikita was one of the key individual contributors to the offi
by muglug 3y ago
Nikita Popov is thanked in the forward for work fixing LLVM bugs.
Before he pivoted to LLVM work, Nikita was one of the key individual contributors to the official PHP project in the last decade. He's an incredible force for good.
- KMag 3y ago[flagged]
- kibwen 3y agoNote that Nikita has had a hand in many of the improvements that have made PHP much more pleasant since the fractal-of-bad-design days: https://www.npopov.com/aboutMe.html#accepted-php-proposals https://www.npopov.com/aboutMe.html#accepted-php-proposals
- hu3 3y agoThere's nothing wrong with working on PHP and he should (and is) proud of his contributions. HN is no place for this level of snark and PL tribalism. In fact, if you check his Twitter, he retweeted the latest release of PHP version, 5 days ago: https://twitter.com/nikita_ppv https://twitter.com/nikita_ppv
- IshKebab 3y agoI don't think you can dismiss criticism of programming languages as "PL tribalism". The idea that all programming languages are equally great and "best tool for the job" excuses all flaws is clearly ridiculous. PHP is not a very good language. Yes, even modern PHP.
- mcronce 3y agoIt was also explicitly stated to be a joke. There's really nothing wrong with that.
- hu3 3y agoNot all jokes are harmless. Specially the flamebait prone ones. Take a look at the site guidelines about it. Moderation is active and monitors this kind of behavior. For example: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38410031 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38410031
- hu3 3y agoI can and do dismiss non-constructive criticism, based on HN guidelines. Literally the first two lines about comment etiquete: > Be kind. Don't be snarky. Converse curiously; don't cross-examine. Edit out swipes. > Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- unflxw 3y agoThat doesn't mean that the people working to _improve_ PHP are doing anything wrong. Sisyphean, perhaps.
- lmm 3y agoThere's a legitimate accelerationist view that improving PHP does more harm than good, by delaying people's migration away from it.
- hu3 3y agoThere are legitimate views both ways. It's called an opinion. Besides, bashing languages rarely lead to constructive conversations. That's exactly why guidelines and moderators discourage it.
- pcwalton 3y agoSeconding this. Nikita has been a fantastic help in reviewing my LLVM contributions over the past couple of years.
- sbt567 3y agonikic is demigod!