Re: php + postgresql

I too don't get the animosity. it's not like you can't write bad code
in perl, java, ruby or python.

The real issue is the quality of the programmer.

On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 10:29 AM, Bill Wordsworth
<bill(dot)wordsworth(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Obviously he is a newbie out of the woods- couldn't make a connection
> and print results something that the rest of us have been doing for
> years. It is newbies like him and fan-boys of Ruby/Python/Perl who
> give PHP a bad name. But I fail to understand the little animosity
> within some PostgreSQL users to PHP- is it the LAMP stack?
> Cheers, Bill
>
> On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 11:53 AM, Joshua D. Drake <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> wrote:
>> 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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