5y ago

What the developers of PHP were considering for their syntax. Just a reminder that the most hated programming language could have been so much worse.

PHP - Wikipedia

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Lerdorf noting in retrospect: "I don't know how to stop it, there was never any intent to write a programming language [...] I have absolutely no idea how to write a programming language, I just kept adding the next logical step on the way."
I don't know how to stop it
Helpless, Lerdof continued on. Never knowing the pain he was inflicting upon the future generations of web developers.
Damn... inventing a web server programming language by just winging it.
Don't care, it made me violently ill and I will never use it
No disrespect to those who do, including the kbin dev. And the friendica dev! And who could forget Nextcloud.
I simply do not have the fortitude
- @AgreeableLandscape @bilb I must confess: I like PHP.
  (Written on Friendica - by a Friendica maintainer) 😀
  
  I'm eternally grateful!

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