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Re:Tell HN: I think you're downplaying the PHP community by oliwarner on Saturday October 15, 2016 @03:31AM (#12713113)
It's the logic of a developer who has otherwise moved onto better things but had also had to maintain legacy PHP webapps.

I enjoy the speed boosts of HHVM or PHP7 as much as anyone else, because I benefit from it, but yeah, I still hate the language.

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Re:Tell HN: I think you're downplaying the PHP community by colshrapnel on Saturday October 15, 2016 @05:17AM (#12713345)
I pity you (no offense intended). Really. One of my own biggest fears is that it may happen that I would have to earn my living by doing things I hate.

May be your hate is entirely from the fact that you are forced to work with the tool you don't like.

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Re:Tell HN: I think you're downplaying the PHP community by oliwarner on Monday October 17, 2016 @08:06AM (#12724283)
I hated the language long before I stopped using it daily.

You don't need to pity me. I don't have much to do with PHP any more. All new development is either by a static generator or Django, or whatever's required... I just also maintain a PHP server for a client with a load of Wordpress installs.

That's was my point about liking stories about PHP getting better. A performance boost means a free upgrade for no extra work. I like that. Doesn't mean I like PHP.

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