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Re:In many ways PHP is just now starting to come into its own by jacquesm on Saturday August 24, 2013 @09:23AM (#6268560)
That's a mirror image of 'Lisp just looks ugly to me. I think it's all the parentheses.'.

There is a lot more to a language than its syntax.

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Re:In many ways PHP is just now starting to come into its own by PommeDeTerre on Saturday August 24, 2013 @09:33AM (#6268586)
Syntax is highly important, however. A poor syntax can make an otherwise decent language quite unbearable. A nice syntax doesn't make an otherwise poor language good, either.
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