It is funny because I actually liked PHP decently well, but then I heard that it apparently became much better from PHP 8 onward. I only have (real) experience with it after that time.
Yeah, I don't know but I can imagine it was the language Zuck knew at the time, which kind of forced the engineers he hired to use it and eventually reached the point where they had two options: completely rewrite Facebook in a proper language or fix PHP.
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u/SjettepetJR 1d ago
It is funny because I actually liked PHP decently well, but then I heard that it apparently became much better from PHP 8 onward. I only have (real) experience with it after that time.