Matthew Weier O'Phinney wrote:
> I also tend to stay away from PEAR, which is kinda bloated for my
> taste, except the Log package.
<rant>
I hear that a lot on this list, and I don't understand the reasoning
behind such comments -- perhaps because nobody offers any reasoning,
only the opinion?
There is some justification, but as you correctly note, it's mostly
based on what PEAR was a few years ago or because of some bad experience
with a particular package (often both).
I'm a PEAR user, and I've found the packages anything *but* bloated.
Part of the perception was that the PEAR base class was a bit bloated,
and combined with the poor performance of OO in PHP 4, this did make a
noticeable difference in many cases.
Luckily, both aspects have been improved. :-)
Chris
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