I love when people are shocked because someone decides which tech to use based on the merits of the tech instead of what the current year tech fashion dictates. It's hilarious.
Or, you know, simple things like being able to easily attract people. No matter how I prefer Purescript/Haskell/Ocaml/F#/k or even Idris (not practical but I like writing things in it); if I need people fast, PHP/C#/TypeScript are just a better bet (I am surprised how easy it is to find good people with these skills now; seems unemployment hit these as well?).
In relation to PHP, really? Sure it has come a long way recently, but there's too much still in there that can never be fixed.
I dont think what IHP delivers is some sort of "fashion": they choose to be server-side only, pretty old school. The typing discipline is not very fashionable either: old, time tested, established, but not often leveraged for the development of simple websites/webapps.
tluyben2|5 years ago
But it depends on what you are doing ofcourse.
cies|5 years ago
Exactly, this is a real reason for not using the technologically superior.
cies|5 years ago
In relation to PHP, really? Sure it has come a long way recently, but there's too much still in there that can never be fixed.
I dont think what IHP delivers is some sort of "fashion": they choose to be server-side only, pretty old school. The typing discipline is not very fashionable either: old, time tested, established, but not often leveraged for the development of simple websites/webapps.