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bank_to_googleon A brainfuck compiler written in PHP

It is possible to write good, or bad code, in any language. If you think the choice of language will define the level of your code, then you still have a lot to learn.

bank_to_googleon A brainfuck compiler written in PHP

And yet, all over the Internet, real websites, real business, is getting built using PHP. Whilst people write fractal of a bad blog post, the smart folks are quietly delivering.

bank_to_googleon How Google Handles IT for Its Workers

It is ironic this chap waxes lyrical about how great it is to let the staff choose their IT equipment when he came from a bank previously, where they make even the Unix SAs use the hideous corporate Windows desktops to try and do their job.

Yeah, unless you are Google, IT equipment sucks donkey balls in the big corps. Especially the banks. Still stuck on IE7 at our one. Sigh.