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You can trot out the trope about how you can write good code or bad code in any language as many times as you wish but it will not change the fact that php make
by maw 13y ago
You can trot out the trope about how you can write good code or bad code in any language as many times as you wish but it will not change the fact that php makes it unnecessarily difficult to write good code and, through both the language's and its standard library's misfeatures as well as the surrounding culture of sloppiness, encourages writing bad code.
- programminggeek 13y agoI don't disagree with you at all.
- blindhippo 13y agoPHP does not make it necessarily difficult to write good code. It's actually quite easy to write good code. The annoying part is that there is a metric CRAP ton of awful legacy code out there that constitutes the majority of PHP work. But you can say the same thing about any language - reality != trope. I won't argue that there are large pockets of PHP developers who do fit the bill of encouraging a culture of sloppiness, but to paint the entire userbase this way is just ignorant.
- cookiecaper 13y agoblindhippo: you are hellbanned. Most readers cannot see your comments.
- nobleach 13y agoAs a casual HN reader and as one who doesn't post comments that often, I have to say, that shit exists here??? my god, so we're basically reddit? So do we have a hivemind too? This isn't directed at you. I just didn't realize HN was part of that nerd subculture. I thought HN was for adults.
- semerda 13y agoNailed it. The sea of bad habits has bred an ocean of bad code.