Is PHP like that?

Philomena: Some people have been writing PHP for over 20 years. Is that because it’s particularly difficult to finish? Expert: No, software is constantly evolving. Philomena: So they've been writing the same website for 20 years? Expert: No, different projects. Philomena: Have they tried finishing one before starting another? Expert: That's not how software development works. Philomena: My mate Paul spent 20 years building a shed. Turned out he was just an alcoholic. Expert: Right. Philomena: Is PHP like that?

Philomena Cunk questions a software expert about why people have been writing PHP for decades, comparing unfinished software projects to her friend Paul supposedly spending 20 years building a shed. The punchline implies that PHP development may be less like continuous evolution and more like an endless, misguided project, delivered with Cunk’s deadpan pseudo-naive logic. EN: Philomena Cunk questions a software expert about why people have been writing PHP for decades, comparing unfinished software projects to her friend Paul supposedly spending 20 years building a shed. The punchline implies that PHP development may be less like continuous evolution and more like an endless, misguided project, delivered with Cunk’s deadpan pseudo-naive logic.

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