how to handle boredom of a language?

[file cabinet]

I am extremely bored of the language PHP. Have you ever become bored with a language to the point where the language became extremely difficult to work with because it's not that interesting?
do you have any suggestions on what I could do to 'spice it up' ? I have to get shit done but it's so fucking hard argh :(

[Dunearhp]

Try doing it in Perl. In about 10 minutes you will have had all the exitement you can take. :devil:

Realistically though, try another language in your spare time. preferably something from a different paradigm, like Haskell or Forth. After a while using something different, you may start to see new algorithms or approaches to use in PHP.

Another tack is to try doing something harder in PHP. Boredom implies you know the language exeptionally well. Find a project hard enough to convince yourself that you still don't know it well enough.

Alternatively, focus on a hobby that ignores computers altogether. The boredom may be due to a feeling that you are devoting too much time to programming.

Unfortunately none of these will give you a quick fix. Except perhaps the Perl one. Beware though, you try this at your peril. Perl CGI is an abomination unto Nuggan. :)

[HackerX]

One of the more rewarding programming things that I do is with OpenGL (use GLUT to make it easier)

You'll learn C, and the results are pretty :)

Everyone wants to do cool 3d stuff :D

[garak]

Stop using PHP? :P I fucking hate it, and amazingly I'm working with it once again. It was hacked together with little thought for design, for utilitarian purposes. And that's pretty much what it still is. If you enjoy programming for the challenge, PHP by definition is not a very good choice. Sure you could code more advanced concepts with it, but why even bother? You'll be bogged down by the language's cruftiness and orientation towards web scripting. You'd be better off using another language.

Honestly, I think the only thing that PHP is truly *good* at is small, simple web scripting jobs. Once they get big, you really start to feel PHP's limitations.

[file cabinet]

I do PHP for my job. I wish I could try some of the suggestions but the only computer I own, I keep at work(business startup..), I am saving to buy the necessary parts for a computer though..

[defitro]

Not sure about you all, but in my position, everytime I start to get bored of a language, something breaks and I have to put the project aside... at which time am left cleaning up code that someone else hacked together with non descript variable names, lack of error handling/warnings/documentation/comments/formatting.....or rebuilding a server that someone else threw together with peices of machines bought off of Tiger Direct....

My favorite language, Perl, is never boring as mentioned above. So I never run out of ways to do something, but I do get writers block..... ;-)

[Bluehaze]

Rather simple. I just try to make things work in the language that should normally, or for no logical reason, not work.

On a side note, I am always experimenting with organic and multi-dimensional algorithms. Why? Because it takes more time than I have to ever hope to finish it, thus meriting my re-interest in the former language(s) in hopes that I will actually accomplish something in my lifetime. :P