Lol. I'm not religiously devoted to PHP, I just found it useful and saved hours with it compared to what I was using, and thought I could share this experience. The day I bump onto something more productive or anything I like better I would have no problem to switch.
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Anonymous2005-02-12 5:04
ruby =O
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Anonymous2005-02-12 7:49
>>84
That's fine; whatever works for you. Just be careful about sweeping generalizations. Your use of "relatively" twice indicates you're aware your argument is standing on thin ice.
For the record, I believe PHP is more consistent than Perl. PHP suffers from a morass of function though, and those are far from consistent.
Could you clarify your reason for disliking Python? I enjoy it enough that my only experience with PHP is debugging scripts that will tide me over until I have time to rewrite them in Python CGI.
Then again, I'm of the "If it's not a worthwhile option for non-web applications, then why should I trust it for server-side scripting enough to spend time learning it?" school of thought.
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Alfarin2005-03-02 3:24
I've used both php and perl... and I'd have to say, each to their own preference... sure, perl is much more powerful than php in some ways, but it is also a massive memory whore... and if you're doing web applications, memory whore is no good... so that's where php kicks in... light, fast, and robust... You CAN also do OOP with php... its just slightly more annoying... but none the less, its not impossible.
PHP and Perl have different strengths, but I certainly hope that wasn't your reason for choosing PHP.
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Anonymous2005-03-05 18:39
Perl = Executable Line Noise
Do I need to say any more?
PHP does a damn good job at what it does. Perl has been "adopted" to do stuff it was never designed for.
<b>Trivia Question</b>: What does PERL stand for?
...yeah, I thought that'd clear up a few things.
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Object-Oriented programming is not the enemy. It is a beautiful paradigm for designing large software systems. But of course, it shouldn't be abused.
You know you're opening a whole new can of worms with that one. Prepare for a lengthy essay on the correct capitalization of Perl and how it's not really an acronym, etc etc. :P
I still think ASP is a better "toy language" than PHP.
toys are FUN, right? Why NOT have fun with your job?
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Anonymous2005-03-30 17:11
I have to agree, PHP is definitely a Toy language. There really isn't any big corporate jobs for a lowly PHP programmer, but it's a quick way to make a couple hundred bucks.
Considering the simplicity of most jobs and relative easy to pick up the language, I have to say it's a pretty good deal.
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Anonymous2005-09-21 18:34
The fact that 4chan defends php shows you how newbish 4chan programmers really are.