Given the pervasiveness and versatility of computers in our world of 2025 it is easy to ignore that 80 years ago they were initially conceived as what we would call today a calculator, specifically created to solve tedious mathematical problems. Of course, users of TikTok, Call of Duty, YouTube, Visual Studio Code,...

Welcome to the 83rd issue of De Programmatica Ipsum, about PHP. In this edition: We solemnly declare that PHP deserves a second chance. In the Library section, we review “PHP: The Right Way” by Josh Lockhart & Phil Sturgeon. In our Vidéothèque section, we watch Kévin Dunglas tell us everything we need to know about...

In 1995, an otherwise unknown software developer released the first version of a new scripting language whose explicit aim was to make applications for this new platform called “The World Wide Web”. After starting as a small project, and thanks to the crazy dot-com years, it grew dramatically to become one of the...