Functional Programming

PHP and Abstraction

Posted March 1st, 2008 by Adam
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I’ve been working with PHP lately. Certain circles have really been giving this language a beating for quite some time. When the uproar started (how over dramatically phrased of me) I was quick to join them. What are some of the arguments put forth? Here’s a few off the top of my head, it might be added that these really are true statements:

  • Inconsistencies in the STD library.
  • STD library bloat (“This perl function does what 13 PHP functions do!”)
  • Poor support for OOP.
  • It was called Personal Home Page, after all (I’m not sure if I’ve
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