On Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 08:40:35PM -0400, Edward Z. Yang wrote:
Timwi wrote:
For the parser, I'm sure the "why" is self-evident. For the rest, the answer to "why" unfortunately includes "I don't know any Python or Ruby". All I know is that PHP is unsuitable for anything larger than a quick hack.
Delighted to see that you've called Yahoo! a quick hack. ;-)
He said it was "unsuitable for a quick hack", not that people don't use it for anything more than a quick hack.
I (mostly) agree.