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To standardize PHP is to create a new language not named PHP.
by ahi 14y ago
To standardize PHP is to create a new language not named PHP.
- phaus 14y agoIf you read it until the end you will find out that the technical support representative talking to the irate customer is the creator of PHP. As the creator, PHP can be whatever he decides he wants it to be.
- fffggg 14y agoAnd he has decided it is not a standardized language, by any stretch of the imagination. That's the guy's point, and it's spot-on. As an aside, I didn't realize there would be people on HN who wouldn't recognize rasmus@php.net immediately.
- phaus 14y agoWhile there are some industry veterans here, there are also a good amount of CS students and other beginners. I myself didn't know who he was until I got to the end of the article.
- jessedhillon 14y agoPHP can be whatever he decides he wants it to be What you're describing is whimsical, not standardized.