Why I'm hesitating to switch to D

Nick Sabalausky a at a.a
Thu Jun 30 01:13:14 PDT 2011


"Jacob Carlborg" <doob at me.com> wrote in message 
news:iuh6jn$3df$2 at digitalmars.com...
> On 2011-06-29 22:16, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>> "Adam Richardson"<simpleshot at gmail.com>  wrote in message
>> news:mailman.1291.1309377741.14074.digitalmars-d at puremagic.com...
>>> On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Nick Sabalausky<a at a.a>  wrote:
>>>
>>>> "James Fisher"<jameshfisher at gmail.com>  wrote in message
>>>> news:mailman.1279.1309339361.14074.digitalmars-d at puremagic.com...
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't aim to proselytize one mini-language over another, as they're
>>>> much
>>>>> of a muchness.  But I'd hope to convince people that:
>>>>>
>>>>>    - Besides required functionality, the key reason to choose one
>>>>>    markup/documentation/html-generating format is popularity.  It 
>>>>> opens
>>>>> up
>>>>>    development to new users, frees up maintainers of old documentation
>>>>>    generators, and gives you new tools to use for free.  Markup 
>>>>> formats
>>>> are
>>>>> one
>>>>>    area where Might Is Right.
>>>>
>>>> Popularity should *never* be a significant concern. That's how we end 
>>>> up
>>>> with complete shit like PHP becoming widespread.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Easy :) While I wouldn't use PHP for systems programming, PHP is a solid
>>> tool for building websites.
>>>
>>
>> It's complete garbage for building websites. It's complete garbage for
>> *everything*. And I've dealt with PHP and PHP web apps a *lot*. I can't
>> think of a single other web-oriented tool or language that I wouldn't 
>> rather
>> build a website with than PHP. Even Classic-ASP with VBScript, absolutely
>> horrid as it is, is at least a somewhat *stable* target.
>
> I wouldn't completely agree with that. I hate PHP as well but I would 
> choose PHP rather than Classic-ASP with VBScript.
>

Well, to be fair, if I had to choose between PHP and Classic ASP/VBScript, 
my choice would probably be to bash my head into a wall. Preferably brick. 
It's not like I'd happily pick ASP.





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