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Re:PHP needs a vision by drusenko on Wednesday January 09, 2013 @11:13PM (#5035358)
maybe we should all switch to brainfuck for web development then so we can weed out the stupids [/sarcasm]
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Re:PHP needs a vision by rybosome on Thursday January 10, 2013 @02:44AM (#5035973)
I get your point, but being easy to pick up AND easy to make dangerous mistakes is a bad combination. The goal isn't necessarily to "weed out the stupids", but rather to prevent bad practices from propagating. "Too easy", in my view, means having a rotary saw with no guard and a hair trigger.
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