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Re:The Toyota Corolla of programming by eamann on Monday August 04, 2025 @01:31PM (#44788960)
Sure, your experience sucked. But by all means let's continue to look down our noses at a programming language based on mistakes made 20 years ago.
Re:The Toyota Corolla of programming by GiorgioG on Monday August 04, 2025 @01:37PM (#44789036)
I have plenty of other issues with PHP that haven't been addressed in 20 years. There are plenty of other better tools out there. You don't have to choose them, and I don't have to choose PHP.
Re:The Toyota Corolla of programming by danaris on Monday August 04, 2025 @01:44PM (#44789112)
Sure, of course you don't.

But when the only issues you can actually name are 20 years old and based on one specific implementation, rather than PHP as a language, it doesn't reflect poorly on PHP. It reflects poorly on your critical thinking skills—or, at the very least, your ability to persuasively argue.

Re:The Toyota Corolla of programming by GiorgioG on Monday August 04, 2025 @03:07PM (#44790125)
I don't have to enumerate all of PHP's shortcomings to justify my position.
Re:The Toyota Corolla of programming by danaris on Monday August 04, 2025 @03:57PM (#44790696)
No one's asking you to.

But you call it out as "garbage", claim that you—personally—have "plenty of other issues" besides the ancient history you specifically cited, but do not elaborate and expect us to just take your word for it.

You're asking us to value your low opinion of it, but you're not giving us any good reason to do so.

Re:The Toyota Corolla of programming by GiorgioG on Monday August 04, 2025 @04:15PM (#44790868)
Look, it's ok - you guys love PHP and I'm sure it has some merits. I still have my same old opinion of it. Just like I can't change a bunch of people's opinion on C#/.NET because it's from Micro$oft. We can agree to disagree.