Re: Extension or module?
| From: | Sascha Schumann | Date: | Wed, 15 Dec 1999 22:18:12 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Extension or module? | ||
| References: | 1 2 3 | Groups: | php.dev |
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On Wed, Dec 15, 1999 at 04:08:30PM -0600, Andrei Zmievski wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, Sascha Schumann wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 15, 1999 at 04:05:15PM -0600, Andrei Zmievski wrote:
> > > Let's standardize this: are we calling the PHP extension libraries
> > > 'extensions' or 'modules'? Internally, Zend seems to be calling
> > > them
> > > modules, and PHP calls them extensions.
> >
> > They are modules extending PHP. Why do you need to
> > differentiate?
>
> Writing a couple of functions. :) It's just inconsistent.
Technically, they are Zend modules. From the way they are
distributed, they are PHP extensions.
> "Music expresses that which can not be said
> and on which it is impossible to be silent."
> -Victor Hugo
"that which" sounds as bad as my second sentence above.
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Regards,
Sascha Schumann
Consultant