Google Compute Engine available for everyone, App Engine adds PHP

Re:Google Compute Engine available for everyone, App Engine ... by camus on Wednesday May 15, 2013 @05:10PM (#5714936)

PHP is popular because users know it is a good compromise between javaish stuffs ( type hinting in functions and methods , private,protected,public members, interfaces,and abstract classes ) and some whatever dynamic stuff out there ( dynamic , weak typing ) and some weird/functional stuffs ( pointers , closures , callbacks ).

Yes PHP has a lot of bad parts. But its good parts are really really good.

Most hosting providers dont allow serious php development anyway , so it makes little difference. You need a vps or a PAAS to do serious PHP development , like any other solution out there.

I love python and ruby. But I really miss type hinting everytime i use one of these.

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Re:Google Compute Engine available for everyone, App Engine ... by TheHydroImpulse on Wednesday May 15, 2013 @05:14PM (#5714969)

PHP has just mixed and matched a ton of different features from other languages without having consistency. For example, many of the core functions have different naming conventions and many of it's OOP features are after thoughts.

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