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On Mon, 13 Oct 2025 21:56:33 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

> On Mon, 13 Oct 2025 10:20:48 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> 
>> Ive seen accounting programs written in BASIC too.
> 
> PHP is like the new BASIC -- people use it because they don’t know any
> better.

The acronyms themselves tell the story. 'Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic 
Instruction Code' and 'Personal Home Page'.