Re:Why People Think PHP Sucks (2014)
by ransom1538 on Sunday November 27, 2022 @12:46PM
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Curious what backend stack you use?
Yawn. For a joke, it's generated a huge amount of value for the world, so I'll laugh and carry on using it.
EDIT:
Including your PHP WordPress blog. Curious.
Re:Why People Think PHP Sucks (2014)
by happytoexplain on Sunday November 27, 2022 @01:32PM
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In the software world, being widespread is pretty obviously not compelling evidence that something doesn't deserve harsh criticism. The sarcasm is bad, too.
It is perhaps evidence that the subjective "it sucks" opinion is meaningless. Code is not art. Commercial usage means a lot.
And if someone calls PHP a joke, but then personally chooses it for themselves, there is certainly some inconsistency there.
Maybe once PHP finally becomes a language of the past you will be one of the few holdouts pulling in $300-$400k per year or more for working on a legacy code base, like COBOL programmers for banks. Nothing wrong with that mindset if you actually enjoy working with it and can stand being on the constant butt end of PHP jokes.
PHP is a joke language. It's most major usage is a joke company. Making jokes about it is apt.