Barnaby W. Füi;29976480 said:
I didn't say PHP was slow. I said it's not exceptionally fast. Its performance is not convincing anyone to use it.
Most scripting languages are not known for performance, that is why there are other alternatives when performance is a main consideration. You did not really say anything, and you certainly did not back up any of your statements with examples.
You seem oblivious to the fact that Facebook developed their own PHP compiler (HipHop) to improve their PHP performance. I'm sure they're also well aware of the challenges of writing good PHP code. It is possible, but when you achieve it, it's mostly in spite of the language.
How am I oblivious to that? I'm well aware of hiphop but that doesn't change the fact they they're using PHP when they could have migrated to a "faster, more perfect" platform that you have yet to name.
You're appealing to authority. It doesn't matter who I am or who you are. What matters is the truth.
And yet you have not provide any truth, only weakly constructed criticisms. You're not going to change anyone's mind with what you said...like I said, take your case to Facebook or if not them them have a talk with Yahoo...they're also using PHP.
Python, Ruby, and Perl are all much better replacements for PHP. Obviously, nothing is perfect.
LOL you're a moron.
Barnaby W. Füi;29978442 said:
You might want to read about the concept of Turing completeness. It means that any Turing-complete language can eventually compute anything any other Turing-complete language can. It does not mean that languages don't have huge differences in productivity or pleasantness, or that people should stop inventing new languages. You are putting words in my mouth.
Yes, this confirms that you are a moron. You see there is this thing called CAPITALISM that is the driving force behind the various languages...and aside from that, personal preferences. The fact that you can compute 1+1 in various languages means nothing. There are other elements that affect the performance of the language, as well as licensing issues that make it viable or not.
EricMartello said that PHP had impressive "capabilities", and I think that's pretty much nonsense. The only thing PHP is particularly good at is getting people started writing code quickly. Unfortunately, that, combined with its numerous bad qualities, results in code bases that are usually a huge mess by the time a real programmer has to come in to rescue the project.
This shows that you have very little understanding of PHP or its capabilities in addition to being a fudgepacker. You're "knowledge" is whatever you can parrot from wikipedia/google...yes, another one of those idiots that the internet has enabled to make believe they're smart.
Go ahead and use your superior alternatives to PHP...oh wait...nobody cares...
PHP is an objectively bad language. Anyone who doesn't know this should GTFO of a programming forum until they learn a little something about the craft. EricMartello, you are wrong. I'm not going to go into why you are wrong, because you've also proven to be arrogant and hard-headed in your wrongness. You believe that you're smart, which is what's really perverse about this.
Objectively bad? Quantifying it with the word "objectively" makes worser huh? Yet neither you nor the other cockgobbler have been able explain why...I'm sure when Wikipedia tells you why, you will know...
PHP does what it's designed to do and a lot more. For a scripting language it is very versatile and its license makes it a viable option for private and commercial use alike.
As I said before, people spending a lot of money have decided to use PHP as a platform, and the massive community behind it constantly improves it. It's not as old as Perl, nor is it the same type of language as python or ruby....but it is what it is, and it's very good at what it does.
So yes, you can follow me from thread to thread if you enjoy being consistently wrong, and also being reminded of how stupid you are. That's why I'm here.