Rasmus Lerdorf

“Security is not something you can just sprinkle on at the end.”

“I was really, really bad at C++. I would have liked to use Python, but I didn't have it on my server.”

“Simplicity is a prerequisite for reliability.”

“Yes, I am a terrible coder, but I am probably still better than you.”

“I don't know how to stop it, there was never any intent to write a programming language... I have absolutely no idea how to write a programming language.”

“PHP is about as exciting as your toothbrush. You use it every day, it does the job, it is a simple tool, so what?”

“We have things like protected properties. We have abstract methods. We have all this stuff that your computer science teacher told you you should be using. I don't care about this stuff. I want to solve problems.”

“I really don't like programming. I built this tool to program less so that I could just reuse code.”

“I'm not a real programmer. I throw together things until it works then I move on.”

“I actually hate programming, but I love solving problems.”

“There are people who actually like programming. I don't understand why they like programming.”