PHP Sucks, But It Doesn't Matter

Re:PHP Sucks, But It Doesn't Matter by JesseAldridge on Wednesday May 21, 2008 @10:10AM (#196028)

I don't buy the "it doesn't matter" part. A good language can effect your project's agility by an order of magnitude; and the gap widens exponentially after you've used it long enough to build up some custom libraries/tools.

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Re:PHP Sucks, But It Doesn't Matter by jrockway on Wednesday May 21, 2008 @10:37AM (#196050)

Well, it doesn't really matter. If my competitors want to use inferior tools, that's fine with me.

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Re:PHP Sucks, But It Doesn't Matter by brlewis on Wednesday May 21, 2008 @12:59PM (#196225)

Yeah, but when your partners are using inferior tools, you spend a lot of time waiting. OurDoings integrates with 9 other sites, so this means something to me.

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Re:PHP Sucks, But It Doesn't Matter by Herring on Wednesday May 21, 2008 @11:33AM (#196107)

Yeah well with OSS your competitors can end up contributing to the "inferior" platforms instead of to your "superior' platform. Apple/Darwin comes to mind

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Re:PHP Sucks, But It Doesn't Matter by edw519 on Wednesday May 21, 2008 @11:37AM (#196111)

You're absolutely right. Very good point.

What I meant was that you could build almost anything with almost any language.

This != "it doesn't matter".

(I sometimes react this way because we often debate endlessly over language fine points that are really just personal preference.)

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