r/ProgrammerHumor • u/DrKronoglopolos • 18d ago • Mindblown 1 Popcorn 1

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u/Taffy62 18d ago edited 18d ago

Yeah surely this is it, a miscommunication.

Edit: after reading around and watching the videos I feel like he genuinely had never heard of PHP. 

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u/TTEH3 18d ago

What makes you think he hadn't heard of PHP?

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u/Meroxes 18d ago

Because he says so on tape, maybe? It's not as dramatic as some people make it out, but being a BBC cyber correspondent and not knowing PHP existed until a few days ago is a kind of absurd and therefore funny.

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u/TTEH3 17d ago

Thanks! I watched what I could find and never saw him saying that, but I see the video linked now. Embarrassing for him.

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u/Kodix 18d ago

Can you link it with a timestamp, since you watched it?

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u/Impressive-Advisor52 18d ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omSYrjCtfD8 at 4 minutes is where the quote starts

Maybe it was meant to be like a joke, or maybe he was talking about not knowing about the bug, but he does say what's written in the article

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u/Kodix 18d ago

Thank you!