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Rasmus Lerdorf - 25 Years of PHP - phpday 2019
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Rasmus Lerdorf marks 25 years of PHP at phpday 2019 with a look at the highlights and lowlights of the language. He argues for upgrading PHP versions, covering performance, static analysis, zero-cost profiling and dead code elimination.
HN uses it as the primary source for PHP's origins as a templating system for C and for the story behind its inconsistent function design.
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