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Re:A look at modern PHP by boredpudding on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @10:19AM (#23080247)
Facebook poured loads of money/time into HHVM. While I'm sure PHP also got benefits, your "Otherwise it would probably on life-support right now. " argument fits perfectly on the rest of the biased unsupported arguments.
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Re:A look at modern PHP by k__ on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @10:34AM (#23080423)
I used PHP in v4/5 times and had the impression development slowed down until I heard about all the "FB being bullish on PHP" announcements.
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Re:A look at modern PHP by zuppy on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @11:09AM (#23080836)
php 7.0 has been released 5 years ago, I think it's about time to stop using php5 as an argument for anything related to the present state.
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Re:A look at modern PHP by k__ on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @12:20PM (#23081694)
I'm not saying PHP is doing bad today.

I'm saying that back in the days it looked like it will go downhill, but then a big player used it and that saved it.

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