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What a tedious reply. They're genuinely asking what the technical reasons for wanting that would be. You're reading it in the silliest way possible.
by Capricorn2481 7d ago
What a tedious reply. They're genuinely asking what the technical reasons for wanting that would be. You're reading it in the silliest way possible.
- carlosjobim 7d agoPHP is stil the backbone of the internet and a great tool. I don't think that anybody has to explain why people would want to use it. If somebody doesn't want anything to do with PHP that's their decision, but why clog up the threads? And every HN post has a similar dismissive comment. Why? Unless you think HN is a personal inbox...
- nashashmi 7d agoThey are asking about why would you need an alternate system? What is the technical reason behind it? What’s the disadvantage in the current system? All while acknowledging that they used to work in PHP and haven’t recently so they understand a lot less.
- Capricorn2481 6d agoIf you read the comment for more than half a second you'd see they're not questioning why someone would use PHP. They're asking why you would use this particular server over nginx/apache, given how robust their support is. Signed, a PHP developer.