No, I absolutely was not defending language like "piddly shit". I was attacking language like "meaningless penis measuring contest". I think neither has a place

No, I absolutely was not defending language like "piddly shit". I was attacking language like "meaningless penis measuring contest". I think neither has a place on HN. I have nothing to say about PHP (because I've never used it) I was reacting to a specific comment in jbm's post, which generalized languages and debates around them. Sorry for derailing the thread from the topic of PHP, and I probably shouldn't have made a little dig with "severe flaw".