On 09.10.2007 12:48, Ford, Mike wrote: >> Yes, I see this quite often in the list: "let's invent a new thing >> instead of an old thing, that would make peoples' life easier". >> >> But you forget that both the old and the new thing would co-exist >> and people would have to learn BOTH, which definitely doesn't make >> any life easier. > > You have to be joking!!! > > People would only *have* to learn one -- whichever they prefer to use.
Well, if you live in a hole and never come out of it - yes. But when you start looking into other peoples' code.. bummer. Then you discover that your hosting doesn't use bleeding edge PHP version.. bummer. And then you open your old code and.. bummer. > You'd get some people routinely using one, and others routinely using the > other -- > but *all* of them would be happier using the version they prefer, instead of > half of > them being pissed off at having to use a crappy unreadable function call > instead > of a nice, readable alternative syntax. (Just MHO, of course.) Right, so let's force other people to learn crappy unreadable syntax duplicating nice and clear function call. I believe our resources are too limited to spend them so carelessly. Instead of adding more and more new features, you'd better spend some time on debugging the ones we already have. -- Wbr, Antony Dovgal -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
