Whither PHP?
“Heavy-duty computer-science folks tend to get frustrated with scripting languages because they’re not precise,” says Rasmus Lerdorf, an engineer at Yahoo and inventor of the PHP language. “But for someone who has a lot of work to do and needs to go home on Friday afternoon, it just works.”
Lerdorf, a native of Denmark, started PHP in 1994 to make it easier for novice programmers to … [ Read more ]
Author: Aaron Ricadela | Source: “Java Meets Its Match” | Original Publication: InformationWeek | Subject: Platform & Development Tools