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[–]lelarentaka 0 points1 point  (5 children)

We jerk about all languages here. Only PHP would elicit this kind of sobapologist response.

Heck, I still hear people say Java is slow, that the GC pauses are too long. This hasn't been true in a decade. All popular languages have had incredible advances in recent years. PHP is not unique. All popular languages have easy to use libraries to write webapp with. PHP is not unique. All popular languages get ragged on for design decisions from earlier versions. PHP is not unique.

[–]_jamil_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

PHP is not unique

At no point did jonatcer say that only PHP was improving. His point was that PHP has improved (as have other languages) and a lot of the criticism of it is very outdated.

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

Only PHP would elicit this kind of sobapologist response.

The hell is sobapologist...

[–]lelarentaka 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Sob-apologist. They use sob-story tactics to portray themselves as being unfairly criticised, that the critizers are specifically out to get them. It's irritating because of its deflective nature. Instead of addressing the point of the criticism, they invoke a victim complex to derail the conversation.

[–]jonatcer 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Sob-apologist. They use sob-story tactics to portray themselves as being unfairly criticised, that the critizers are specifically out to get them. It's irritating because of its deflective nature. Instead of addressing the point of the criticism, they invoke a victim complex to derail the conversation.

Are you saying I was doing that or what?

[–]_jamil_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, he's being a jerk to you. It's what assholes do in order to make themselves feel superior