Why I'm hesitating to switch to D

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2011-06-30 10:13, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> "Jacob Carlborg"<doob at me.com>  wrote in message
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>> 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.

A brick wall actually sounds better :)

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/Jacob Carlborg