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Re:PHP Sucks by krapp on Thursday June 16, 2016 @11:14AM (#11916672)
>The language also is written by a programmer, who sucked in PHP's case IMO.

    Yes, I am a terrible coder, but I am probably still better than you :) 
    
    - Rasmus Lerdorf
Modern PHP is written and maintained by a team of programmers. It hasn't been the language Rasmus wrote (badly, as a hack he never intended anyone else to use) for years.
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Re:PHP Sucks by ajsalminen on Thursday June 16, 2016 @12:04PM (#11917013)
I wonder about the origin and context of all these quotes. This one was apparently tweeted by him and the full version is:

    "For all the folks getting excited about my quotes. Here is another - Yes, I am a terrible coder, but I am probably still better than you :)"
That is, unless there is actually a prior instance of him saying it but there could well not be.
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Re:PHP Sucks by krapp on Thursday June 16, 2016 @12:52PM (#11917307)
He's right, though. Most people who rant about how terrible PHP is and how incompetent a programmer Rasmus is couldn't come up with anything better themselves.
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