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Re:Benchmarks of PHP 7.2 Beta: PHP Is Still Getting Faster by deevus on Sunday July 30, 2017 @12:53AM (#14884493)
That sounds more like all you know how to use is a hammer, so everything is a nail.
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Re:Benchmarks of PHP 7.2 Beta: PHP Is Still Getting Faster by jjeaff on Sunday July 30, 2017 @01:26AM (#14884553)
More like, all you need is a Swiss army knife, and there are dozens of different Swiss army knives that can all get the job done. So use the one you are most familiar with.
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Re:Benchmarks of PHP 7.2 Beta: PHP Is Still Getting Faster by reefoctopus on Sunday July 30, 2017 @01:01AM (#14884509)
Sometimes all you need is a hammer because it's actually a nail.
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Re:Benchmarks of PHP 7.2 Beta: PHP Is Still Getting Faster by icelancer on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @02:02AM (#14898249)
PHP can do probably 95%+ of all functions of the languages you listed. The analogy doesn't quite hold.
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