> PHP, for most of its existence, has been a profoundly bad language per se.
PHP is 26 years old. PHP5.3 is 11 years old. PHP7.0 is 5 years old.
Where is your cut-off that make you claim "most of its existence"?
PHP is 26 years old. PHP5.3 is 11 years old. PHP7.0 is 5 years old.
Where is your cut-off that make you claim "most of its existence"?
What other tech compared to PHP at the time?
I remember trying to set up a Python Django web site for the first time around 2010 because Python seems like the better language and it was such a PITA compared to PHP's it-just-works nature.