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by mikeash 4428 days ago
I wouldn't care about PHP if it weren't so popular. I mean, it's terrible to program in Brainfuck, but nobody uses it seriously so it doesn't matter.

PHP has a unique combination of terribleness and popularity, though, and that's a bad mixture.
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krapp 4428 days ago
>PHP has a unique combination of terribleness and popularity, though, and that's a bad mixture

I've read similar arguments made against C, and C++, and Java, and Ruby here, so I don't think that bias is unique.

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camus2 4428 days ago
Ruby is flawless,Java is rigid,C well nothing against C,C++ is a mess yes.

PHP is a mix of C (apis like mysql_fetch_assoc ), C++ (:: ->) and java (class and interface ) with javascript weak typing.

It is a mess. I'm a PHP dev, the problem is when i have to maintain other's people mess too. Ruby and Java messes are far more easier to maintain than any PHP one.

There is also the PHP culture and community ,which quite toxic.

For all these reasons,while PHP is my bread winner I have no love for it.

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Noelkd 4428 days ago
I would have to agree[1]

[1] http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/susan/joke/foot.htm

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