Interesting, but the opening line threw me off: > Sure, I still make fun of the PHP I remember from the days of PHP 4.1, but even then I didn’t hate it. (ref.

Interesting, but the opening line threw me off: > Sure, I still make fun of the PHP I remember from the days of PHP 4.1, but even then I didn’t hate it. (ref. And “PHP: Training Wheels Without a Bike” is still in the Top 10 of my favorite memes.) I still use it to build my latest projects, and for me it’s like breathing. Simple and functional. It’s not perfect, but no language is.