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Cue the obligatory PHP-bashing whenever the word 'PHP' appears in a post. Honestly, isn't there something more productive people can do besides come up with ev
by geerlingguy 13y ago
Cue the obligatory PHP-bashing whenever the word 'PHP' appears in a post.
Honestly, isn't there something more productive people can do besides come up with even more arguments about PHP being the lame stepchild of programming languages?
PHP has warts, more so than many other languages, and has a heritage that is in many ways the cause of it's crippled nature. But recent versions of PHP, and especially the frameworks and applications built on top of it, are actually not so bad. Really.
Plus, since there is so much chaff in the ocean of PHP developers, good developers really do stand out in most organizations—these devs are usually also the ones who are good in any language, and probably prefer working in other languages as well... but they also see the upsides to using PHP for certain things.
- kbenson 13y agoI think you are being a bit thin-skinned. I only mentioned it because it was included in a round-up of articles at PHP Weekly, so it caught my attention. I assume if they include it then it's because either it has traction, or it's from someone notable (which I wouldn't know). It's notable for appearing to be an outlier. The quote was included because I thought it humorous.
- geerlingguy 13y agoI'm not talking about your initial post—I enjoy a good PHP-bashing session :) However, most of the people who join in the party with nothing either (a) humorous or (b) insightful are annoying, and don't contribute anything to the discussion.
- mikeash 13y agoI don't understand what you're objecting to. Do you object to something called "PHP Weekly" containing an article that talks about the problems with PHP? Do you object to commenting on such an article in the comments for a link to a PHP Weekly issue that contains it?