Rasmus Lerdorf Hates Programming

I have absolutely no idea how to write a programming language, 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. bloody hard We have things like protected properties. We have abstract methods. We have all this stuff that your computer science teacher told you shouldn't be using. I don't care about this crap at all. I don't know how to stop it There are people who actually like programming. I don't understand why they like programming. I don't care about this crap at all. this crap Yes, I am a terrible coder, but I am probably still better than you :) 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 leaving memory everywhere. Perhaps we should fix that." I'll just restart apache every 10 requests I throw together things until it works Rasmus Lerdorf @rasmus Breaking the Web Creator of PHP I'm not a real programmer I actually hate programming :-) Back when PHP had less than 100 functions and the function hashing mechanism was strlen() the function hashing mechanism was strlen() strlen()

A collage about Rasmus Lerdorf, the creator of PHP, surrounded by quotes about not knowing how to stop, hating programming, and throwing code together until it works. The joke is that PHP emerged through improvised, inelegant solutions rather than a carefully designed programming-language plan. It is sent as a self-deprecating reaction to messy code, questionable engineering, or programmers who somehow make things work anyway.

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