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0 pointszmxz3y ago0 comments

If your snarky comment is aimed at PHP, I'm afraid I have bad news for you.

> PHP becomes the first programming language with modern cryptography in its standard library thanks to the bundled libsodium

https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/php-25/#e_2017_11_30_2

If the snarky comment is aimed at the developer posting the claim, yet again, wrong target.

Don't be like that please.

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Huh13373y ago· 3 in thread

What about all the languages that can simply use libsodium directly? I don't think having it in the std lib is really such a distinguished feat.

zmxzOP3y ago

> What about all the languages that can simply use libsodium directly

Nothing. It's great they do that.

I made a comment that refuted a snarky remark that had no basis, I did not compare languages nor post claims about language's awesomeness or anything else, just that it uses libsodium and that silly remarks centered around trashing PHP are based on lack of knowledge.

I agree the snark on PHP doesn't have much sense. I just don't think your reply is much better. This changes nothing - if anything, it shows that PHP needs to have libsodium integrated before it's available, which seems to be worse than other languages that can simply use it directly.

my comment was snark about the author, not the language, this site is ridiculous, and so are the claims about JWT

vore3y ago

Bundling libsodium in the standard library doesn't really seem to be a mark for or against PHP.

His first recommendation is "not to write secure software in PHP," so I'm "Hm"-ing at the fact that he sells his business this way? but ok

bundling libsodium is just a compliment about libsodium

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