> You guys are so fixed on that standard library thing that I am getting scared.
It's hardly the only thing wrong with PHP, it's just one particular example.
> Nevertheless, for me it never was a problem - neither at a time when I used to stick with FAR commander's internal editor, nor - especially - with PHPStorm nowadays
How can it be especially not a problem? That would imply it was a problem and is now less of one.
In any case, yes, you can maybe learn to deal with it, but it saves time to simply work with a language which doesn't have these problems.
> Ok, undeed PHP can be called inconsistent, if one would have a fancy to. And this opinion could be even defended with numerous examples... which examples, for some reason, do not work neither for learners who prefer PHP over "more consistent languages", nor professional developers, who just get their job done.
Can you actually defend why these examples “don't work”? Learners and professionals alike have to deal with PHP's quirks.
It's hardly the only thing wrong with PHP, it's just one particular example.
> Nevertheless, for me it never was a problem - neither at a time when I used to stick with FAR commander's internal editor, nor - especially - with PHPStorm nowadays
How can it be especially not a problem? That would imply it was a problem and is now less of one.
In any case, yes, you can maybe learn to deal with it, but it saves time to simply work with a language which doesn't have these problems.
> Ok, undeed PHP can be called inconsistent, if one would have a fancy to. And this opinion could be even defended with numerous examples... which examples, for some reason, do not work neither for learners who prefer PHP over "more consistent languages", nor professional developers, who just get their job done.
Can you actually defend why these examples “don't work”? Learners and professionals alike have to deal with PHP's quirks.