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I start finding those arguments about PHP close to ones Adroid vs iPhone. Yes, PHP is inconsistent and etc. But on the other hand, it just gets the shit done. A
by gedrap 14y ago
I start finding those arguments about PHP close to ones Adroid vs iPhone.
Yes, PHP is inconsistent and etc. But on the other hand, it just gets the shit done. And for historical reasons, it has a huge community. When you add those two factors together and stop being a hipster... It's not that bad, is it?
- mikeash 14y agoIt's terrible. PHP doesn't "get the shit done", although PHP programmers can. There are far better languages for getting things done. Huge community is not terribly attractive, as plenty of other, better languages have sufficiently large communities. I'd survive if I had to program in PHP, but it would definitely be a last resort. It could be worse (Malbolge?) but I don't understand why people feel a need to defend it or say it's not bad.