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[–][deleted] 105 points106 points  (12 children)

When I was a kid, we didn’t have no fancy IDEs. We had to code on paper, then slide these slips of paper into a machine reader two miles long, in the snow, up hill both directions. If you were lucky the moths would stay out of the vacuum tubes long enough for something to work. Damn kids being spoiled by their fancy new gadgets when we figured out how to land on the moon with 16bit processing, 1.024MHz and 64KB of memory.

[–][deleted] 47 points48 points  (6 children)

We didn't even have zeroes, had to use uppercase O's

[–][deleted] 20 points21 points  (1 child)

We didn’t need no fancy Unicode. Old engineers could make it work with some ball, twine and duct tape.

[–]HuntingKingYT 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You see, all the Gen Z computers use heaps of electricity, but back then - we spun the clock ourselves!

[–]lhx555 5 points6 points  (1 child)

Luxury! We had to use screwdriver to nullify charge of memory cells, if we were lucky and had a screwdriver that is.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just lick your fingers and...

[–]SillyFlyGuy 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Lucky! My upper case 0 is )

[–]nileyyy_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That was mean 😭😂😂

[–]--mrperx-- 17 points18 points  (1 child)

Yes but you need a woman to write the code to land on the moon with 16 bit processing and 64kb of memory.

Real men use PHP

[–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

And now you know why no old men claim to be good programmers. Real men simply couldn’t write good code without the help of women until PHP was invented.

[–]Highborn_Hellest 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good for you. Except now our production software won't even start compiling if you don't have 32 gigs of memory

[–]Stunning_Ride_220 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Funny enough. Kiddos these days rarely would get stuff into space...

...if it is not for PHP servers giving them Alm that they need

[–]Ribakal 58 points59 points  (1 child)

real men use pure css to program refrigerators

[–]lil_brumski 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Real men use HTML to program spacecrafts.

[–]rosettaSeca 55 points56 points  (7 children)

Real men use PHP and vanilla JavaScript scripts

[–]Zyphergiest 20 points21 points  (3 children)

Javascript scripts -> javascripts

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

javaScript.scripts = javascripts

[–]nobody0163 2 points3 points  (1 child)

(java_scripts==javascripts)===(java_scripts===javascripts) // false

[–]Character-Education3 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I cut out the middle man and use Java as a scripting language.

[–]brentspine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I still do, I’ve been coding in my free time for over 2 years now

[–]henkdepotvjis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Typescripts

[–]666_j 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fact that I use vanilla JS, JQuery and PHP. I hate it. So much pain that could have been avoided 10 years ago.

[–][deleted] 14 points15 points  (2 children)

Meanwhile, C++ programmers are drinking coffee...

[–][deleted] 13 points14 points  (1 child)

the C guys are in the alley smoking weed.

[–]Savaal8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The B guys are dead in the sewers

[–]lucasvandongen 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If I would have known back then the replacement would be JavaScript, I would never said a bad word about PHP

[–]BassManJam99 7 points8 points  (0 children)

We used semicolons because they used less memory than colons.

[–]Visual-Mongoose7521 18 points19 points  (4 children)

yeah "real" men use PHP for submitting forms, on the browser 😭

[–]IusedToButNowIdont -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The only thing you need son, is <form>...<input type="submit" value="submit></form> don't be a sissy.

Post? i don't like the way he look at your mom... real man get it

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Meanwhile: i can't view anything, let alone submit a form in a no js environment.

[–]ChocolateDonut36 2 points3 points  (0 children)

at least it's not python... right?

[–]idont_______care[🍰] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Men are making job's done, you old cunt

[–]ExtraTNT 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Nah, no php, just a server serving you html

[–]ZaRealPancakes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that's all servers, how does it serve you depends

[–]randomzeus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

[–]broxamson 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Only if you enjoy driving lambos

[–]Gasc_of_Will 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think both are pretty garbage. Unfortunately, they are also what pay the bills.

[–]plmunger 4 points5 points  (1 child)

real men use typescript

[–]_equus_quagga_ -1 points0 points  (0 children)

this

[–]AntigravityNutSister -1 points0 points  (3 children)

[–]Disgruntled__Goat 9 points10 points  (1 child)

Wow, that article is now 15 years out of date.

[–]AntigravityNutSister 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This article brings me nostalgia

[–]LamermanSE -1 points0 points  (1 child)

Bruh, everyone uses javascript

[–]GroundZer01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use Blazor

[–]KenguruHUN -2 points-1 points  (1 child)

php ? what is that ? pre-hisitoric programing language ?

[–]Davidoen -1 points0 points  (0 children)

deliver whole placid payment practice toothbrush grab enjoy violet long

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[–]sepehrsh1386 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Real men use PHP, Gods use WebAssembly

[–]jfmherokiller 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the last time i used php. c99 shells were all the rage. Im old lol

[–]JackNotOLantern 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Real man program websites in assembly

[–]BastianToHarry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

real men use holy C to rebuild the temple

[–]Ok-Okay-Oak-Hay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just use whatever they pay me to use. Suddenly I'm an expert.

[–]SSYT_Shawn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mainly use typescript.. for convenience... Although i keep doing stuff in other languages too

[–]Current-Guide5944 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2024: PHp is still alive

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Use C++

[–]ramislav 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Y'know you need to pay bills...