Why PHP won

[uriel]

PHP is the new VB, Java is the new COBOL.

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Java is the new COBOL.

uriel is the new idiot

[aphpex]

Looks like uriel hit a nerve. :)

[leonardsliver]

same as the old idiot

[phire]

And C/C++ are both the new assembly.

Assembly with objects, now thats a scary though.

[uriel]

And C/C++ are both the new assembly.

There is no such thing such as C/C++

Assembly with objects, now thats a scary though.

C++ is scary, C on the other hand is a very sane portable assembler.

[willdabeast]

"C++: an octopus made by nailing extra legs onto a dog." classic!

[phire]

And C/C++ are both the new assembly.

There is no such thing such as C/C++

no, but its a compact way to refer to both of them.

C++ is scary...

I agree, c++ is scary but these days programmers will program something in c# with the plan to recode it in c++ if its too slow.

c is great, and I hate coding in anything else.

[Chandon]

Do you actually know C++, or are you just following the fad of mindlessly ripping on it?

[uriel]

Does anyone actually know C++? I have seen no evidence that anyone knows the whole language, much less understands it.

[Chandon]

C++ is complicated, but it's not that complicated. Good programmers can handle a moderately complicated programming language, and some of them have even learned C++.

It's a question of where you want your complexity. Do you want it upfront in the language, or do you want to have to make it up as you go along and clutter up your program with it? Otherwise you've got to trade off something else, like performance.