From HN:
The Good King Lisp raised his glass and toasted with the Knights of Lambda, “To much recursion!”
As a well-seasoned PHP developer for MantisBT and other projects, but at the same time a seasoned developer in Python, C++, Lua, etc, I found this interesting article on Hacker News, Yet, a short piece on the “history” and development of PHP as a language.
A few choice quotes that I most enjoyed:
I don’t know anyone [...]
On the topic of IE8:
How about rather than asking web designers, server owners and IT staff everywhere to add some hack tag to their code, you force IE8 into compatibility mode unless a designer specifically enables IE8 rendering on their page by adding said tag? That mediates the issue pretty easily.
They [Microsoft] were originally planning [...]
On the launch of the excellent Ticketstumbler site:
I don’t think the creator of an interface can ever objectively measure the usability of the interface, no matter how much they use it; they don’t ever have to learn it, because they created it in the first place.
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I’m not saying usability is not the core. I’m [...]
On local government corruption in New York:
Where there is money and people with power corruption is very likely.
What fascinates me, about America specifically, is how ingrained the representative democracy concept is. Direct democracy is this wild and crazy thing that absolutely and directly = Hitler.
There could be an interesting argument why Swiss style direct democracy [...]
On the Openmoko:
… by the fact that Openmoko is a tiny company, they don’t have the purchasing power that Apple has to get newer hardware components at an inexpensive price point, hence the older ARM CPU and TI Calypso GSM chipsets. It’s still plenty peppy enough and has enough RAM that I can run numerous [...]
On the new G1 phone using Android:
i need a google account to use gphone; i need itunes to use iphone; i have to buy apps from approved channels.
it favors the vendors apps; no thanks
wake me when i can buy a device that runs apps i choose, connects to the network i want. i realize this [...]
