"for a language to ever end up in a place with that sort of library functions is a pretty big red flag."
At the time it was reasonable .. but PHP evolved and learned lessons, it didn't just stop there as you seem to be saying.
At the time it was reasonable .. but PHP evolved and learned lessons, it didn't just stop there as you seem to be saying.
Efforts are being made to clean it up, but for a language to ever end up in a place with that sort of library functions is a pretty big red flag.