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Nate Abele - PHP is dying
Written on Wed, Dec 3rd 2008, 07:42 in CakeFest, CakePHP
Nate started with a brief history of computation, starting with the abacus. And progressing to PHP and covering the presence of bad PHP and Perl code.
The good and bad of frameworks
Frameworks can help inexperienced developers write better code, however a framework can also be used in a black box context. As a tool that you use, you should try to understand how and why it works. Having a blackbox is not going to help you get better. If you want to use a tool and use it well you have to open it up.
PHP still faces a number of challenges even after inexperienced developers are not included. These include a lack of namespaces, anonymous functions, closures. Many of these issues are solved by PHP 5.3. However, PHP is still dying becuase you can't overload operators. And it is just too simple. It requires only a few lines to generate output. Unlike a real language like Java or C++.
It was a very tongue in cheek presentation, but it was well received and fun to watch.
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