PHP never was a trendy language. It's a thrown together mess. | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

ilyak on Oct 1, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Java is dead, but you'll learn to love it

PHP never was a trendy language.

It's a thrown together mess.

rikthevik on Oct 1, 2009 [–]

It's funny how languages shape the community around it. I feel like I spend more time these days debugging Zend, PHPUnit and Propel than I do debugging my team's code. I am continually astounded at how bad PHP can be.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact