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Lead PHP Developer Quits
Jasper Bryant-Greene writes "Jani Taskinen, one of the lead developers of the Zend Engine (the engine that powers PHP), as well as a lead developer for the thread safety system and other core components of the PHP project, has quit in a relatively cryptic message to the php-internals mailing list. Jani has been involved with PHP for about 6 years and his loss will undoubtedly be a big blow for the PHP project."
Is it just me....or does php-internals sound painful ?
Hmmmmmm
I never spent 6 years with the same people, job, hobby, women, whatever...
You only need threadsafe PHP (gettext, gd, etc) if your webpage has more than 1 concurrent user.
Only pages with more than 1 visitor need to ca.. OOPS!
-Woof woof woof!
Oh my god! He used the phrase "could not care less" correctly! Obviously not an American ;-)
No, he's serious. He has caught his boyfriend having a sensual encounter with a girl named Ruby.
I agree that there seems to be some "personal conflict". The people who matter...and I could care less...delete my CVS...no use for it anymore...do not reply to this email...
Wow, is PHP really that hard to work on? Is he being threatened at gunpoint?? Seriously, why the sour grapes? Is this a hoax? Was his account hacked?
This is not a funny post. This is trying to be serious. What's going on with this guy? If he's just done and finished working on it, he could quit w/o the bitterness. Was he feeling squashed/trodden upon?
If PHP itself (no other factors) could do this to a guy, how much does it encourage other people to develop it?
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Now get back in the holodeck and strip.
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From reading the mirrored post above it just seems terse and upset, but not really cryptic. Cryptic is stuff like "beware of the dwarf" and "under a big 'W.'"
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He's going to work with Adobe to rework ASP. They feel he can bring a certain *cough* level of new ideas *cough* to the project.
-tgpo
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... well I thought it was funny ;)
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Wait a sec - did I miss a memo somewhere ? Last time I checked, options were good.
And have you ever tried telling a Python programmer they could use PERL? I'd happily have ten copies of Python on my server just to avoid having that debate once.
No no, that is not possible. He is a PHP developer, he can't possibly be lacking in security awareness!
No, the friend hooked up with Ruby on a long cozy train ride. Rail transit can lead to interesting situations.
Unless you're some kind of Zen master you're going to run into this sooner or later.
Well, he is apparently a Zend master!!
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Then why would they complain?
Okay.....and I suppose you believe the internets is a series of tubes.
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Wow, quite a resume there. He will be difficult to replace. For that matter, he will be difficult to ereg_replace, eregi_replace, mb_ereg_replace, mb_eregi_replace, preg_replace, str_replace, or str_ireplace.
Man, we need an updated Godwin's Law for this. Cuz it certainly slaughtered the discussion...
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Yeah, it does sound like a answering machine breakup message made after a few drinks.
Email should require a breathalyzer.
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I don't see them complaining.
He kind of lost his concentration.
I guess it's back to level 1 zenity.
I just could not care less.
- For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism.
I used to know the secret of Zen, but then I remembered it.
Oh my god, somebody just made a joke about PHP, the most sacred programming language since Perl! Mod it down immediately, the poor PHP developers might see this and start crying!!!
Dude. That's a Finnish male on totally euphoric batch of Prozac, unable to contain his laughter. He's happy as a clam. You should see him when he's unhappy.
I used to know the secret of Zen, but then I remembered it.
I know exactly what you mean. Recently I've found myself growing disillusioned with nihilism.
I don't know whether to feel abashed or vindicated.
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