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Lol! Was wondering when you will write again. This forumn is just dull without these articles.

larisoft:
Lol! Too bad you didnt know youtube was written in PHP IN THE EARLY STAGES, but they moved to Python, and eventually JAVA and GO when things got critical.

And Speed is about the programmer's efficiency? Donald Knuth was the one who said that premature optimization is the root of all evil. Now, when Donald Knuth speaks, I tend to listen. When you are writing code, and optimizing while coding because you are using a certain langauge, is that not a loud cry to change your tools ON TIME? All the technologies that were written in PHP have long ported resource hungry parts of their code to languages like JAVA, C#, C++. I bet they would rewrite the whole thing if it wasnt too late already. Google is our friend in this regard.


As to people criticizing languages and being lazy because of it, how would we learn all the things posted on this thread alone, if not for such criticisms? Would all the newbies reading this thread tell me they have learnt nothing? Would the pros tell me their opinions were not put through fire after all this exchange? In what country do developers not argue about their tools? The likes of Jeff Atwood, Linus Trovalds, David Knuth (who has openly criticized modern languages as opposed to assembly languages), even Djikistra for Christs Sake! do it too! What is wrong with exchanging opinions on something we care about?

I am currently working on 3 apps, managing my blog, maintaining a backlog of old apps, responding to user requests/feedbacks. How does the 5 minutes I spend here ranting against a language am heavily using make me unproductive? And yes! I have built something that has been used by thousands of people too! And it was with PHP! And the multithreading was horrible! And the only available solution was worse! Why the hell would I have to use a third party library or create a new instance I have no control of for something as essential as that?

I HIGHLY respect you and your opinion, bro. But you asked questions and I responded.

You have way too much passion for this programming thing...I envy it.

onedayatime:
african mentality. If facebook have acceptted yahoo messenger supremacy, he wouldn't have created it. Also twitter wouldn't have arrive if he was sure two social apps are only enough, not to mention of bbm, instagram, eskimi, nimbuzz and the rest.
that is why dangote rides on you people till now.
Poor african mentality.
Other programming languages will not be created just because we have c and c++ and jquery creator John Resig would have been afraid because of anjular js and others infront of him likewise react will not have been a success because the dream would just be bury in his heart. You wouldn't have compared laravel with zend and codeIgneter if laravel is happy just to use what programmers like him write.
Poor african mentality

Lol... Never really thought of it that way. In fact, I have been looking at the payment gateway system business and feeling like that will make a lucrative business. Would probably go into it even though its already crowded. I'm serious. Your post just taught me something.

like mad fool!

PHP!

Ngwa pm me make I send you my bank account sharp sharp !

Like larisoft said, .NET is restrictive and highly automated but has a lower learning curve than JSP. While JSP offers you freedom which comes at a price; You have to know what you are doing or you will screw up!

I recommend you see these articles:

https://blog.expensify.com/2011/03/25/ceo-friday-why-we-dont-hire-net-programmers/

http://blog.jonathanoliver.com/why-i-left-dot-net/


just my 2cents.

Seriously I have not had need for c++ for 2 years now oh! Gaming: C#; Web: java. Not even sure I remember how to print hello world in it anymore.

Please what do you guys do with it these days?

Yeah...its available. Checkout jamb site.

See 2008 post! Na war o

Badoo don dey vex oo.

@laoballs, you are just yanning rubbish by the way. Every method terminates once it encounters the return statement. Except your compiler dey special, that method up there will terminate the moment it sees 'return'.

oga larisoft, Easy ooo. I dey feel you from background since.

Is this project still on?

I love this app! I cant help asking: how was it even possible to get all these cases and offer them for FREE?

But OP, the app is quite large. I would like a lighter version please.

ALLU:
When an app is free, the maker is paid only when the ads he put in the app are clicked. One click translates to a dollar, but google takes 70 percent, so one click translates to 30cents or there about.

You are welcome

mmm...Programming na the way forward OOH!

The app asks me to click on ads that interest me so the makers can get paid? @Op, any idea how that works?

Just noticed the whatIf feature on the app. I've been changing it, day dreaming of what my GP could have been if my lecturers had been less severe. This app rocks!!!

Just downloaded the Unilorin Version. @OP Everything works as you posted, but how do I use the alarm clock?

Chei! 10 dollars everyday and na student like me!

I MUST LEARN PROGRAMMING...I SWEAR!!!


meanwhile...reserving this plot. This is looking very frontpagy...