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This rant (not by me) explains why[1]. PHP is full of gotchas, things that make security hard, and areas that are likely to break and be really hard to debug.
by cmdkeen 12y ago
This rant (not by me) explains why[1]. PHP is full of gotchas, things that make security hard, and areas that are likely to break and be really hard to debug.
There's definitely scope out there for a better effort to be made addressing the situation you raise, but PHP really shouldn't be the popular language that is is in that space.
[1]: 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/
- xasos 12y agoSure it may be a fractal of bad design, but it's unfair to say it has no productivity value. You can write plenty good PHP code that actually accomplishes things. (And this is coming from someone that hates PHP)
- d23 12y agoI think you're setting up a strawman. The arguments against it are numerous, but I've never seen anyone say it has no productivity value.
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- frostmatthew 12y ago> but it's unfair to say it has no productivity value Nobody is saying it has no productivity value. Even the "joke" isn't saying that - the Y axis isn't labelled - it's just suggesting a) productivity doesn't increase, and b) you feel much more productive than you really are.