Druid 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Aug 4, 2023

I'm really fed up of seeing articles like:

• PHP is dead
• Does PHP have a future?
• 10 reasons not to use PHP
• Here's a hundred languages to use instead of PHP

#php is a fantastic, highly capable #programming language that's constantly evolving. I suspect the authors of such articles may have used PHP once in 1995 for a "Hello world".

If you can't cope without using a million Java frameworks or whatever else is flavour of the month then you might want to reassess your own #coding skills. 😠

Show threadDan Goodin
@druid @ellotheth I'm pretty sure the "PHP is dead" sentiment is by no means limited to articles. I hear that sentiment voiced by experienced researchers speaking at security conferences, on social media, etc. Maybe fault them rather than "articles"?
Aug 4, 2023 at 7:51pmWeb
Show threadDruid 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Aug 4, 2023
@dangoodin @ellotheth No, I'm happy to fault the articles as I'm pretty sure they are not the type of authors to attend security conferences.
Show threadDan GoodinAug 4, 2023
@druid @ellotheth Yes, because it's much easier to shoot down "articles" than it is to shoot down an experienced researcher who says precisely the same thing.
Show threadDruid 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Aug 4, 2023
@dangoodin @ellotheth Exactly. You've summer me up completely without knowing anything about me. Good for you.
Show threadDan GoodinAug 4, 2023
@druid @ellotheth No, I have summer up the argument you laid out. Big difference.
Show threadDruid 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Aug 4, 2023
@dangoodin @ellotheth Yawn. Bye.
Show threadgemma lynn ⇒ ello@voidAug 4, 2023
@druid @dangoodin there's plenty of fault to go around ​
Show threadkeithzgAug 4, 2023
@dangoodin @druid @ellotheth I was hearing that since the mid-2000s though...

At very most, it's like how "Facebook is dead", which I've also been hearing for years, albeit not as many. Not cool anymore, sure, and one could even argue one shouldn't use it (I would agree for Facebook, but not for PHP), but it's silly to pretend it isn't still widely used.