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Re:PHP 8: Before and After by jhgb on Friday October 23, 2020 @07:29AM (#24868335)
It seemed kind of obvious to me even at that time that it was taken from Perl. I just didn't get why. PHP could have lifted IMPLEMENTATION DIVISION from COBOL, but likewise, there would have been no point either (fortunately it didn't do that!).
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Re:PHP 8: Before and After by fetbaffe on Friday October 23, 2020 @07:41AM (#24868403)
Early web was written in Perl, I guess it was the classic approach of lets borrow what is already successful and in end PHP won over Perl so it worked too. Bill Gates would have been proud.
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