[maratd]

> It's so loose and care-free that it doesn't care what you do or how you do it.

This is precisely why I fell in love with PHP. My first was BASIC, my second was C, my third was Java, but my fourth ... oh god ... like that slutty girl who will let you do absolutely anything. How can you not fall in love with that?

[FuzzyDunlop]

All I can really say is that I'm getting fed up of it. In keeping with your analogy, I'd certainly prefer one that gave me the odd slap and told me to get my shit together if I tried pushing my luck.

(programming languages and sado-masochistic tendencies would be an interesting avenue to explore...)

[damncabbage]

Perhaps a little appropriate: http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?BondageAndDisciplineLanguage

[petervandijck]

Amen. PHP is for hippies, Java is for squares.