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xd on June 10, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: 25 Years of PHP

Rasmus Lerdorf look at the last 25 years of PHP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCZ5TJCBWM

Really interesting for anyone wondering what the thinking was behind function naming and other inconsistencies jump to: https://youtu.be/wCZ5TJCBWMg?t=987 and https://youtu.be/wCZ5TJCBWMg?t=1466

JAlexoid on June 10, 2020 | [–]

If I look from outside - it looks like there was exactly 0 thinking involved in function naming.

_-david-_ on June 10, 2020 | | [–]

That is the look on the inside as well.

fireattack on June 10, 2020 | [–]

You left out a "g" for the first link.

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