Today I attempted to write and sort of succeeded* in making an extension for #php and let me tell you right now, my utmost respect goes out to @thephpf because I wouldn't wish C upon my worst enemies.

*by bugging @asgrim every ten mins

@SecondeJ, have you tried Rust? I thin i saw a guide a few months ago about someone doing a rust function and exposing it as a php extension
experimenting-with-rust-php-extensions/README.md at cd2370e9cb785cd4ffd1e1c1d6b8e79f58c71af1 · Ocramius/experimenting-with-rust-php-extensions

Proprietary playground for trying out PHP extensions in Rust, with a 100% reproducible build infrastructure - Ocramius/experimenting-with-rust-php-extensions

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@ocramius @dabiddo

Rust mostly blows my head off, so not sure how much success I'd have here

@SecondeJ @dabiddo yeah, but then at least you get compiler assisted "you're wrong" rather than HAHA SIGSEGV
@ocramius @SecondeJ @dabiddo I'm tired, so I read this as "HAHA SIX SEVEN!" and now cannot unsee it

@stevegrunwell @ocramius @SecondeJ @dabiddo “Six seven” is basically what the system is saying to you when it segfaults.

Also, are you in elementary school? 🤪

@ramsey @ocramius @SecondeJ @dabiddo no, but I live with someone who is.

Parenting is weird.

@stevegrunwell @ocramius @SecondeJ @dabiddo My wife (my wife) is an elementary school art teacher, and since 6-7 has no real meaning, the kids are always trying to find creative ways to use it as a response or reaction to anything.

@ramsey @stevegrunwell @ocramius @dabiddo

WHY ARE THE KIDS GOING AROUND SAYING SIX SEVEN, even my own child is doing it, it's driving me bananas

@SecondeJ @ramsey @ocramius @dabiddo it's funny to them because it frustrates us; it doesn't *mean* anything, and our old brains are like "but...why?!"

The best thing we can do is ruin it for them by laughing with them. If it ceases to confound adults, it ceases to be fun and will go away.

@ramsey @manchuck @SecondeJ @ocramius @dabiddo Who is that, he looks like Fake Future Ben Ramsey!