Re: Re: cvs: php4 /ext/sablot php_sablot.h

[Zeev Suraski <zeev@zend.com>] > Guys, > > It's really simple, even trivial soft-dev issue, which is discussed in > a completely broken manner, because you pour politics into the picture. But Zeev, as much as it sucks, there _is_ politics in the picture, and there has always been, especially in PHP 4. Some people are uncomfortable with the control Zend Inc. has on the core of PHP. I don't know if that is what you think is childish, but I certainly don't. With the current state of the Internet economy in mind, I think people have a right to be a bit paranoid. To speak for myself, I have two problems with the whole "Zend versus PHP" problem: * It causes a lot of unnecessary arguing and bickering on the mailing list (like this message), which in the end becomes discouraging for everyone. The result: "F* it, I'm sick of silly PHP politics, I'm switching to Foo." * The design of the language is basically run by two people, whom I suspect don't program much with PHP themselves anymore. If this assumption is true, there is a lot of valuable "hands on user experiences" missing from the language design process. - Stig -- Stig Sæther Bakken <ssb@alltheweb.com> Fast Search & Transfer ASA, Trondheim, Norway