No, I haven't, but let me get this straight:
You're saying that if something is a bad idea, that the more often it is
used, the "less bad" [1] it becomes?
[1] Yes, I know this is improper...but think about it in context. I'm
trying to illustrate the point.
On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, Chuck Hagenbuch wrote the following to Joey Smith :
> Quoting Joey Smith <joey@joeysmith.com>:
>
> > So let's be the first ones to get our heads on straight and get rid of
> > this ridiculous concept. It is, IMHO, one of the worst ideas in the
> > history of the world...I'd really rather be reading perl regular
> > expressions than this.
>
> I know that backwards compatibility is a pain in the ass, but you might want to
> consider that this has been around ever since the gettext extension was
> introduced, before launching the next crusade.
>
> Just out of the curiosity, have any of the people jumping on the bandwagon to
> bash this ever actually _used_ gettext at any kind of scale?
>
> -chuck
>
> --
> Charles Hagenbuch, <chuck@horde.org>
> Some fallen angels have their good reasons.
>
>