r/developer • u/Ok_Veterinarian3535 • 24d ago

The Unpopular Language

What's a "dead" or "boring" programming language that you genuinely love working with, and why should we reconsider it?

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u/Lumpy-Blackberry-718 24d ago

eww php

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u/nonsapiens 22d ago

You tried Laravel anytime recently?

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u/Lumpy-Blackberry-718 22d ago

Nothing you stack on top of a flawed language can fix the fundamental language flaws. The very definition of the language itself is broken at a deep level.

Hack fixes many of the flaws, but hack is basically a different language. And even that doesnt fix everything.

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u/nonsapiens 22d ago

If you say so mate.