> Yeah, arguing that language features that have caused untold pain, constant confusion, and an shameful level of strictness aren't an issue because third-party linters and typed DSLs give you warnings is... weak.
The point the author is making is that the haters love to point at these quirks and claim that they cause "untold pain"; yet in actual practice I've only been bitten by == maybe twice in 15 years.
No, the point the author is making is that a painful, well-known, common irritant which bites people in the ass on the regular (source: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/359494/which-equals-oper...), is avoidable with secondary tooling. Issues that even bite people with 15 years experience in the language...
This argument applies equally well to using PHP for most anything. Not impressive.
The point the author is making is that the haters love to point at these quirks and claim that they cause "untold pain"; yet in actual practice I've only been bitten by == maybe twice in 15 years.