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by mekster 1514 days ago
Everyone was just starting out at pre 2000. Perl was scripting first but PHP was HTML first, as in plain HTML is still a valid PHP and it was easy for people to pick up without having have to see some weird error without the content-type "magic" line and setting the file to "777" to get it working.

But I do like its Unix feeling. Too bad no one uses it anymore and have to move on.