I assumed this phrase came from the blog post "PHP: a fractal of bad design" but TIL that it's even older than that. In any case, AFOBD is highly recommended r

I assumed this phrase came from the blog post "PHP: a fractal of bad design" but TIL that it's even older than that. In any case, AFOBD is highly recommended reading for PHP developers and the unafflicted alike: http://eev.ee/blog/2012/04/09/php-a-fractal-of-bad-design/ http://eev.ee/blog/2012/04/09/php-a-fractal-of-bad-design/ For the unaware, this post is also responsible for giving the world the "PHP hammer": http://blog.codinghorror.com/the-php-singularity/ http://blog.codinghorror.com/the-php-singularity/