[ILUG] extra - PotD Wed, 25th June?

[Kae Verens]

Timothy Murphy wrote:
 > On Wednesday 25 June 2008 05:23:14 pm Rory Browne wrote:
 >
 >>> the PHP User Group is having it's monthly meeting on Wednesday at the
 >>> Longstone Pub on Townsend street - it ordinarily starts at 8pm though
 >>> some
 >>> of the guys show up a bit sooner than that.
 >
 > I'm really puzzled by this devotion to PHP.
 > I don't want to sound mean, but it's only a tiny little language
 > used in connection with the web, isn't it?

if by "tiny" you mean "worth 4.8 billion euro annually, available on 45% 
of Apache servers, has 4.5 million active users", then yes, you are 
completely accurate.

 > How come it attracts these passionate devotees?
 > I mean, I would have thought everything you could say about PHP
 > could be said over half a pint of real ale.
 >
 > I know there are people who support Bray Wanderers.
 > Is it the same sort of thing?


no - you can't describe absolutely everything over a pint - maybe it 
would take two, but then - the same could be said of any other language.

what is it about this "linux" thing anyway? I mean, it only takes a few 
seconds to say "it's free", so how come people talk so much about it?

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