PHP WTF: A PHP Annoyance Posted Every Day

Re:PHP WTF: A PHP Annoyance Posted Every Day by apgwoz on Friday June 19, 2009 @09:39AM (#665082)

Maybe I shouldn't, but I find it sort of maddening that, PHP WTF would be powered by software written in PHP. I mean, if it bothers this guy to the extreme that he would go register a domain, and put up a website about it, it shouldn't be much trouble to learn a brand spanking new programming language that doesn't have all the problems he's discussing, right?

PHP has many problems. We know this. There are millions of words online that will attest to this fact. The fact is, all these words are for naught if people don't step in and do something about it.

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Re:PHP WTF: A PHP Annoyance Posted Every Day by idlewords on Friday June 19, 2009 @09:51AM (#665106)

People who make heavy use of a language are in a good position to vent about its shortcomings. Sometimes a language is the best tool for the job despite its many deficiencies, and I'd much rather read these kind of rants by someone who knows the language inside out. I hate PHP more than I hate my own mother, and yet I still chose it for my most recent project. Every programming language has shortcomings, it's just a question of picking the best shortcomings for the job.

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Re:PHP WTF: A PHP Annoyance Posted Every Day by bdotdub on Friday June 19, 2009 @10:14AM (#665140)

Yeah, he even has some sort of disclaimer in his footer

    This site is mostly written by chx, one of the core developers of the PHP-based Drupal project. It's not meant to be a bashing of PHP or its authors.

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Re:PHP WTF: A PHP Annoyance Posted Every Day by randallsquared on Friday June 19, 2009 @01:58PM (#665595)

I hate PHP more than I hate my own mother

I've heard of damning with faint praise, but this is more like faint condemnation...

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Re:PHP WTF: A PHP Annoyance Posted Every Day by apgwoz on Friday June 19, 2009 @07:22PM (#665935)

> Every programming language has shortcomings.

Name a language with more. I'll wait.

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Re:PHP WTF: A PHP Annoyance Posted Every Day by j_baker on Friday June 19, 2009 @10:35PM (#666064)

INTERCAL

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Re:PHP WTF: A PHP Annoyance Posted Every Day by smokinn on Saturday June 20, 2009 @02:03AM (#666191)

RPG/LE

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Re:PHP WTF: A PHP Annoyance Posted Every Day by j_baker on Saturday June 20, 2009 @12:50PM (#666550)

vbscript

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Re:PHP WTF: A PHP Annoyance Posted Every Day by jjs on Friday June 19, 2009 @10:01AM (#665121)

By using PHP, he'll never run out of material. :)

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Re:PHP WTF: A PHP Annoyance Posted Every Day by mechanical_fish on Friday June 19, 2009 @12:17PM (#665398)

You can move to a new language whenever you want. But will your community follow you? Not without a great deal of groundwork.

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Re:PHP WTF: A PHP Annoyance Posted Every Day by edw519 on Friday June 19, 2009 @09:44AM (#665091)

Anyone squatting on PHPWhining.com?

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Re:PHP WTF: A PHP Annoyance Posted Every Day by apgwoz on Friday June 19, 2009 @09:48AM (#665103)

As a matter of fact, it looks like it is currently available. feel free to register it and collect all your favorite links to websites complaining about PHP!

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