Comment on Source code of Polish electoral voting system?parentComments−wdewind11yI feel like you're arguing against a strawman that I don't think secure applications can be written in PHP. I don't think that.Edit: put another way: if you are starting from scratch and your main focus is security, why would you use PHP?−sarciszewski11yFamiliarity. I know its quirks inside out and therefore know which mistakes not to do. If you point me to Python and say "build a secure web app," I'm going to need to spend a lot of time researching.
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I feel like you're arguing against a strawman that I don't think secure applications can be written in PHP. I don't think that.
Edit: put another way: if you are starting from scratch and your main focus is security, why would you use PHP?
Familiarity. I know its quirks inside out and therefore know which mistakes not to do. If you point me to Python and say "build a secure web app," I'm going to need to spend a lot of time researching.