> On Jul 1, 2024, at 4:54 PM, Jordan LeDoux <jordan.led...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 1, 2024 at 11:09 AM Mike Schinkel <m...@newclarity.net > <mailto:m...@newclarity.net>> wrote: > > > and I'm fairly certain after keeping up with the thread that it is almost > > universally not what people want. Most people just want the toolbox be > > "finished" so to speak, not get a completely new one in addition that has > > no compatibility with the old one. > > I get it. I am no longer proposing an alternative to the autoloader. PHP > developers are comfortable with autoloading and that is that. > > But that does not mean that I cannot tell you and others the emperor has no > clothes in hopes that people eventually see that there can be better > alternatives. > > -Mike > > I'm not sure that constantly reiterating a point that everyone already knows > but simply disagrees with is productive for the list, considering that the > objection boils down to "but I don't like it" instead of "here are the > concrete technical drawbacks". All of the objections you had seemed to be > from the perspective "but what if the developer is only allowed 100 files on > disk and only uses notepad to edit the code?" I don't think those are > technical drawbacks personally, I think those are developers that need to at > least start programming like they are living in 2005.
Given the paragraph I wrote that started with "I get it..." I was planning on not making comment on topic. > All of the objections you had seemed to be from the perspective "but what if > the developer is only allowed 100 files on disk and only uses notepad to edit > the code?" I don't think those are technical drawbacks personally, I think > those are developers that need to at least start programming like they are > living in 2005. However, since you GROSSLY mischaracterized my argument, I am going to call you out on that bit of attempted demonization of my argument on your part. But I won't repeat the argument because, why bother? -Mike
