"Jacob Carlborg" <d...@me.com> wrote in message news:iuh6jn$3df$2...@digitalmars.com... > On 2011-06-29 22:16, Nick Sabalausky wrote: >> "Adam Richardson"<simples...@gmail.com> wrote in message >> news:mailman.1291.1309377741.14074.digitalmar...@puremagic.com... >>> On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Nick Sabalausky<a@a.a> wrote: >>> >>>> "James Fisher"<jameshfis...@gmail.com> wrote in message >>>> news:mailman.1279.1309339361.14074.digitalmar...@puremagic.com... >>>>> >>>>> I don't aim to proselytize one mini-language over another, as they're >>>> much >>>>> of a muchness. But I'd hope to convince people that: >>>>> >>>>> - Besides required functionality, the key reason to choose one >>>>> markup/documentation/html-generating format is popularity. It >>>>> opens >>>>> up >>>>> development to new users, frees up maintainers of old documentation >>>>> generators, and gives you new tools to use for free. Markup >>>>> formats >>>> are >>>>> one >>>>> area where Might Is Right. >>>> >>>> Popularity should *never* be a significant concern. That's how we end >>>> up >>>> with complete shit like PHP becoming widespread. >>>> >>> >>> Easy :) While I wouldn't use PHP for systems programming, PHP is a solid >>> tool for building websites. >>> >> >> It's complete garbage for building websites. It's complete garbage for >> *everything*. And I've dealt with PHP and PHP web apps a *lot*. I can't >> think of a single other web-oriented tool or language that I wouldn't >> rather >> build a website with than PHP. Even Classic-ASP with VBScript, absolutely >> horrid as it is, is at least a somewhat *stable* target. > > I wouldn't completely agree with that. I hate PHP as well but I would > choose PHP rather than Classic-ASP with VBScript. >
Well, to be fair, if I had to choose between PHP and Classic ASP/VBScript, my choice would probably be to bash my head into a wall. Preferably brick. It's not like I'd happily pick ASP.