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I don't like programming. It's tedious.

I'm OK with procedural code, and the web is a top-down type of problem. It makes sense to me that you have HTML, you spit out a bunch of HTML, then you call a function to do something and then call another function.

The file is a gzipped tar file. Your browser is playing tricks with you and trying to be smart.

I've never thought of PHP as more than a simple tool to solve problems.

I'm not a real programmer. I throw together things until it works then I move on. The real programmers will say Yeah it works but you're leaking memory everywhere. Perhaps we should fix that. I'll just restart Apache every 10 requests.

I don't know how to stop it, there was never any intent to write a programming language [...] I have absolutely no idea how to write a programming language, I just kept adding the next logical step on the way.

Ugly problems often require ugly solutions. Solving an ugly problem in a pure manner is bloody hard.

There are people who actually like programming. I dont understand why they like programming.

If you want to build an open source project, you can't let your ego stand in the way. You can't rewrite everybody's patches, you can't second-guess everybody, and you have to give people equal control.

I've never used Sybase in my life. How would I make an intelligent decision about this versus that with a Sybase extension?

I'm OK with procedural code, and the web is a top-down type of problem. It makes sense to me that you have HTML, you spit out a bunch of HTML, then you call a function to do something and then call another function.

If you want to build an open source project, you can't let your ego stand in the way. You can't rewrite everybody's patches, you can't second-guess everybody, and you have to give people equal control.

When the world becomes standard, I will start caring about standards.

Personally, I tend to be more interested in security and performance-related issues than other things.

This is your silly web browser doing that. The file is correctly named.

The file is a gzipped tar file. Your browser is playing tricks with you and trying to be smart.

I've never used Sybase in my life. How would I make an intelligent decision about this versus that with a Sybase extension?

I don't like programming. It's tedious.

PHP is about as exciting as your toothbrush. You use it every day, it does the job, it is a simple tool, so what? Who would want to read about toothbrushes?

I'm not a real programmer. I throw together things until it works then I move on. The real programmers will say Yeah it works but you're leaking memory everywhere. Perhaps we should fix that. I'll just restart Apache every 10 requests.

PHP is rarely the bottleneck.

For all the folks getting excited about my quotes. Here is another - Yes, I am a terrible coder, but I am probably still better than you :)

I've never thought of PHP as more than a simple tool to solve problems.

I actually hate programming, but I love solving problems.

I don't know how to stop it, there was never any intent to write a programming language [...] I have absolutely no idea how to write a programming language, I just kept adding the next logical step on the way.

Ugly problems often require ugly solutions. Solving an ugly problem in a pure manner is bloody hard.

There are people who actually like programming. I dont understand why they like programming.