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This course explores the strengths of PHP as a programming language, challenging the common perception of its inferiority. The learning outcomes include understanding PHP's design choices in programmer workflow, concurrency, and shared state, and how these contribute to developer efficiency and bug reduction. The course teaches about Facebook's efforts to improve PHP while maintaining its strengths. The teaching method is a conference talk by a Virtual Machinist at Facebook. The intended audience includes developers interested in understanding the technical and social success of PHP and its lessons for other programming environments.
