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"PHP can do anything, what about some ssh?" -Mark Karpelès

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https://web.archive.org/web/20100701145902/http://blog.magic...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Karpel%C3%A8s

Indeed. I realize the guy I answered to was probably just trolling, but it was very effective. To suggest that Rasmus should get academic praise for PHP is highly insulting.

There's significant daylight between

- someone should receive an award

- someone has had a large impact

- someone should go to prison

Countering the first with the third isn't very constructive, particularly as you note "I realize the guy I answered to was probably just trolling." It just further degrades the conversation.

Mark Karpelès's crappy PHP code full of gaping security holes lost many people a hell of a lot of money ($450 million), and earned him a year in prison.

http://themerkle.com/mark-karpeles-twitter/

That's a leap.. The year in prison was related to embezzling charges, not the collapse of Mt. Gox due to his "crappy PHP code full of gaping security holes".

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