On Fri, 2008-07-25 at 17:40 +0200, Tino Wildenhain wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > I think that PHP (like PostgreSQL, perhaps?) suffers from a reputation
> > hangover from years ago. PostgreSQL was supposedly "slow", PHP is
> > supposedly "undisciplined" and "unprofessional". You sure can still
>
> Well no PHP is conceptual undisciplined and confusing. I would
> not compare this with Postgresql itself which is very professional
> developed with a great vision. PHP is just and always was a hack.
I actually think that the analogy is valid. *Most* PHP users don't know
its a hack, those same users are going to be the ones that think
PostgreSQL is slow.
Joshua D. Drake
P.S. To be fair, PHP has gotten much better over the last few releases.
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