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Problem is, you’re mixing a number of different concepts into a nonsensical claim.

Exec as an “execute a string as a language instructions” is nothing new nor unique to PHP. Ruby on Rails, for example, uses it in a controlled manner to generate methods on ActiveRecord models.

Exec as an “replace this process with another process” is old news again. It’s not even language specific.

Popen/spawn family (which seems to be what you alluded to) is, once again, nothing new and is used everywhere.

other languages/ stacks shy away from exec

I’m sorry, what?

Who let my conscience post online?

Tissue. A cancer tissue.

Cells are expendable in pursuit of infinite growth.

Nano is for those that occasionally edit text files from a terminal.

Vim is for those who make a living out of it.

Constructive feedback doesn’t need to offer a better solution. Almost everyone who uses that “definition” uses it to avoid criticism in the first place.

When I say “according to research A your policies led to segregation and discrimination” to a politician, I don’t need to provide a better solution. Moreover, them invoking a constructive criticism sentiment would be a clear deflection.

You’re conflating “data” with “information”.

Repeated re-encoding loses information. “The compression algorithm averages pixel boundaries” is a perfect example of losing information.
That it sometimes results in more bits of data is a separate phenomenon altogether.

Everything’s a variable if you’re brave enough.

This seems like a quick temporary pseudo-solution that removed an obstacle towards implementing some behaviour. Being temporary, it’s likely to outlive the feature it unblocked.

I’m not afraid of retirement, I’m afraid of needing to work on the day of my funeral.

Bullshit. If they wanted to cut ties and protect their image, they could block the channel and wash their hands.

This here is pure profiteering.

Every wave is affected by Doppler effect.

When a car rushes your way, it’s a tiny bit bluer, a little bit hotter, it’s drivers’ phone is operating on a slightly higher frequency and it sounds higher. According to you.