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When people complain about McDonalds being horrible food, not fit for human consumption, they will often talk about the health benefits of their favorite foods.
by rywalker 14y ago
When people complain about McDonalds being horrible food, not fit for human consumption, they will often talk about the health benefits of their favorite foods. And you know what? They're right.
But McDonald's is still better food.
Imagine a programmer from a top software company writing long-winded rants about how horrible PHP is; how PHP should cease to exist. Everyone would roll their eyes, and say "Well that's the bloody point of PHP, you idiot!"
McDonald's caters to poor people, especially those who don't have their own cooking skills. This is the challenge for all the people who want to complain about McDonalds - if your chosen food is so much better, then make it accessible in the way that McDonald's is.
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"The easy path is often not the best path." -Me
- alexjeffrey 14y ago"best" is a very subjective term. PHP is not the best language for making in-house web app stacks like many people on HN build, but it is the best language to deploy a basic marketing web page for the chip shop down the road. That's the point I believe this article is trying to make, and basically just boils down to "the right tool for the right job".