Comment on The WHY of WAT - understanding why 'JavaScript is Crazy'parentComments−pfraze14yThat's fair, but PHP has the same level of WTF, and is (I'd argue) less elegant than JS.−archgoon14ySorry, I'm missing something. Is the grandparent a big advocate of PHP? Why is PHP being brought into this?−pfraze14yIt's a language that is heavily used for server apps, which the top post was saying JS shouldn't do. My point was, quirks like these haven't outweighed the advantages of PHP, and I don't think they should for JS either.
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That's fair, but PHP has the same level of WTF, and is (I'd argue) less elegant than JS.
Sorry, I'm missing something. Is the grandparent a big advocate of PHP? Why is PHP being brought into this?
It's a language that is heavily used for server apps, which the top post was saying JS shouldn't do. My point was, quirks like these haven't outweighed the advantages of PHP, and I don't think they should for JS either.