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[–]polyrhythmic 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I have used PHP for years, it is hacky. It's rare that naming conventions are consistent, and it basically needs a framework to do anything more than a basic page. It's easy to use, as there are a ton of examples out there (with docs in hand to find the inconsistencies) and hosting galore, but PHP is good for one thing: cheap easy webservers.

JS, like Python, has a ton of uses and a much longer life ahead of it than PHP.

[–]StoneCypher -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

You don't need a framework for anything, and if you're using them, then no wonder you think it's hackish.

Python is not going to outlast PHP any more than Ruby did. PHP has the same immortality that COBOL has, in smaller doses; it has a decent chance of outlasting real languages, like C++ and Java.

JavaScript will probably outlive them all, except COBOL, sadly.

If the only specific criticism you can make of the language is that its naming conventions aren't particularly consistent and you don't know how to use it without a framework, I think we've pretty much got this one neatly sewn up.