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Re:AI is forcing us to pay off 40 years of technical debt by DocTomoe on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @07:51AM (#50364849)
I remember when that exact line of argument was made about '3/4 was silly, but they're putting a real effort into 5'
Re:AI is forcing us to pay off 40 years of technical debt by fabioborellini on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @08:41AM (#50365382)
Also "3 was silly, they got 4 done right".

Although that was more connected to the performance improvements through Zend Engine than language sanity or robustness, at the time.