[ale] Any language (wuz: Assembly Language?)

[Michael B. Trausch]

On 10/27/2013 01:42 AM, Leam Hall wrote:
> I'll have to admit it. When doing PHP and I have to prefix all the 
> variables with $ and use a bunch of curly braces and semi-colons, I 
> think about python.
>
> Don't tell Rasmus... 

I _/*hate*/_ PHP.

That said, it's what everyone wants things done in.

Nobody cares about the relative insecurity of the code engine, the 
auto-fsck-yous that it intentionally has within it, or the fact that 
it's not a smart decision to use it.  They think about things like 
WordPress and MediaWiki and say "we want /those/, let's bring 'em in".

PHP is also frequently selected because of the very, very, very low 
barrier to entry to its use.  You have no idea how many thousands of 
lines of code I have wiped clean in nearly every project I've worked 
that isn't a from-scratch project, because of the total crap that 
"programmers" have written.

Hate isn't nearly a strong enough word.

But it's currently, sadly, what pays the bills.

As a side note, though, I wouldn't guarantee the security of a system 
built on PHP at all.  In fact, we don't guarantee the security of any 
system that we build unless we're able to audit all components in it 
anyway.  That means we pretty much only guarantee the security of C 
modules we write.

Even Python has too much in its stdlib to be able to pass assurances of 
anything.

     --- Mike

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