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On 12/26/06, Peter da Silva <peter@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote: > > I think one major reason PHP "won" is that it's so stupidly easy that > > it allows bad programmers to write web apps that, although horribly > > ugly, at least work (in some sense of the word). With PHP, "there's > > always more than one way to do it" holds true, but in this case, that > > usually means a few decent ways and then a whole bunch of really, > > really hateful ways which all happen to be much easier than the > > decent ways. > > How does this differ from Perl? The "easy in a good way" part. Or rather, the "easy in a way which doesn't need shell access, know where the perl on your system is, and require that you completely rebuild your simple beginner web page and wrap it in a hashbang and print statements in order to just put today's date at the top". PHP does, of course, have security holes so large they should be considered gaping security caverns surrounded by twinkly fairy lights, but don't be fooled into thinking that this is a major factor in its success; more, a happy little side-effect. -- YozThere's stuff above here
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