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"I really dont like programming. I built this tool to program less so that I could just reuse code."
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Rasmus Lerdorf"Back when PHP had less than 100 functions and the function hashing mechanism was strlen()."
Rasmus Lerdorf is a Danish-Canadian programmer. He co-authored and inspired the PHP scripting language, authoring the first two versions of the language and participating in the development of later versions led by a group of developers including Jim Winstead, Stig Bakken, Shane Caraveo, Andi Gutmans, and Zeev Suraski. He continues to contribute to the project.
"I really dont like programming. I built this tool to program less so that I could just reuse code."
"Ive never thought of PHP as more than a simple tool to solve problems."
"Ugly problems often require ugly solutions. Solving an ugly problem in a pure manner is bloody hard."
"PHP is just a hammer. Nobody has ever gotten rich making hammers."
"There are people who actually like programming. I dont understand why they like programming."
"I dont 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."