Re:PHP Addiction
by ceol on Saturday June 30, 2012 @11:38AM
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> So he didnt just say "tons of people use PHP", he said "tons of people use PHP and it solves their problems giving results".
The original discussion was about whether PHP was a good language. He came in and said, "It is because look at all the people who use it! Obviously it's fine!" That's an appeal to popularity.
> On the other hand your arguments are appeals to "logic", "theory", etc, eg idealism and elitism in the face of actual results.
What results? We're not talking about Mom & Pop's Homepage, here. Posting about how most sites run on PHP doesn't help us when we're not talking about most sites. We're talking about building apps.
The original discussion was about whether PHP was a good language. He came in and said, "It is because look at all the people who use it! Obviously it's fine!" That's an appeal to popularity.
> On the other hand your arguments are appeals to "logic", "theory", etc, eg idealism and elitism in the face of actual results.
What results? We're not talking about Mom & Pop's Homepage, here. Posting about how most sites run on PHP doesn't help us when we're not talking about most sites. We're talking about building apps.