Why PHP Was a Ghetto

Re:Why PHP Was a Ghetto by kprobst on Tuesday April 19, 2011 @03:03PM (#2463779)

PHP + MySQL ended up being the VB+Access of the FOSS ecosystem.

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Re:Why PHP Was a Ghetto by kouiskas on Tuesday April 19, 2011 @09:29PM (#2464885)

Following that questionable logic, now that node.js is the latest hot fad, doesn't that make RoR the new PHP?

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Re:Why PHP Was a Ghetto by fmw on Tuesday April 19, 2011 @10:52PM (#2465068)

I don't think he is just talking about popularity, but about being popular, accessible to non-technical people and frowned upon by more competent techies. I think the comparison is quite apt, really.

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