Re: [NEW EXTENSTION]: templates
| From: | Andrei Zmievski | Date: | Wed, 05 Dec 2001 15:42:28 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [NEW EXTENSTION]: templates | ||
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On Wed, 05 Dec 2001, Kristian Köhntopp wrote:
> Because that is the way PHP works. PHP is like the borg: If there is a
> C call somewhere out there in the kernel or some obscure library,
> somebody will wrap it in PHP and provide an interface to it. This
> makes for an extremely rich, some would say bloated language, and it
> gets a lot of things done. It is also unpretty to look at, but then I
> don't care at all, as long as it earns my money.
If you've been following the discussions in the past, Kristian, you know
that as soon as PEAR/PECL infrastructure supports easy and rock-solid
download, compilation, and installation of extensions, a lot of
superfluous ones will be moved in there. Like vpopmail.
> This is exactly what the PHP core was created for: Customize
> the hell out of it.
This does not compute.
-Andrei
"When I get a little money, I buy books;
and if any is left I buy food and clothes." -- Erasmus