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At what point do you recognize that the model you want to be best is not the best? PHP dominates the landscape because it's the best tool for a large portion of
by jack9 12y ago
At what point do you recognize that the model you want to be best is not the best? PHP dominates the landscape because it's the best tool for a large portion of developers (ostensibly newbies). For being concerned and critical about, computer scientists seem to ignore the data that already exists.
- kedean 12y agoThe tool many people use isn't always the best one. Most of the world runs on coal for power, but that doesn't mean it's a good choice, it's just the easy one. PHP is not a good choice for anyone, it's the easy one. The only arguments in favor of it are that it is easy to learn (I would say that it is too easy to learn), and that its easy to get set up with. Being easy to set up doesn't make it good, it just reflects on the state of shared hosting as of ~10 year ago when PHP became the amateur webdev standard.