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minus-squareAlecSadler@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 days agoLike, 70% or more of the web runs on PHP. That’s also not going anywhere anytime soon.
minus-squareMajorHavoc@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 days agoRight. At least 70%. I’ve heard it estimated as high as 97%. And it’s losing popularity with new development, (and with new developers) while WordPress, Drupal and WikiMedia are everywhere. Perfect recipe to be the next Cobol.
minus-squareAlecSadler@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 days agoOh I see what you’re saying. Dang, maybe I should learn PHP…
minus-squaremesamune@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoI liked laravel. It’s very rails like.
minus-squaretiredofsametab@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 days agoI doubt it. It’s still used in a whole lot of medical and banking applications where there’s a lot of text manipulation since it’s really good at that (HL7 and other EDI stuff for instance).
minus-squareMajorHavoc@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoYeah. There’s always at least one mission critical Prel script that no one can read.
My money is on PHP.
Like, 70% or more of the web runs on PHP. That’s also not going anywhere anytime soon.
Right. At least 70%. I’ve heard it estimated as high as 97%.
And it’s losing popularity with new development, (and with new developers) while WordPress, Drupal and WikiMedia are everywhere.
Perfect recipe to be the next Cobol.
Oh I see what you’re saying.
Dang, maybe I should learn PHP…
I liked laravel. It’s very rails like.
TCL?
Perl
I doubt it. It’s still used in a whole lot of medical and banking applications where there’s a lot of text manipulation since it’s really good at that (HL7 and other EDI stuff for instance).
I made good money on EDI.
Yeah. There’s always at least one mission critical Prel script that no one can read.