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ang_cire
> PHP powers approximately 70% of websites,

Well, that's my depressing statistic for the day...

sunaookami
One billion devices run Java!
pjmlp
Actually even more nowadays, given Android with 75% market share, even if it is a different brand of coffee, alongside all developers using JetBrains products even when not using Java as their programming language.
binlog
Depends on how you define Java. Android can execute Java programs, and includes a handful of OpenJDK libraries, but stopped running JVM a long time ago.
robotnikman
Ah, the quote from the Java Windows installer lol.
basilikum
are there really so few static web sites?
binlog
This is a very misleading stat. A single path or subdomain on the website needs to be running PHP for the entire site to count as “powered by PHP”. Plus it excludes sites whose server-side tech cannot be identified at all (aka properly configured ones).
driverdan
Why is that depressing? PHP is just as capable as everything else out there. It may not be our first choice but its use is not depressing.
Gigachad
The interpreter is written in C. It shouldn’t be trusted for web related tasks that handle malicious data.
iAMkenough
The Linux kernel is written in C.

Should we all go back to using Microsoft IIS to host web servers?

Gigachad
Which is why they are reporting 2000+ CVEs per release right now. The Linux project needs to seriously consider replacing some of the networking related components with Rust versions.