Re: Fw: [PHP] debuging and getting mor information about failures
| From: | Curt Zirzow | Date: | Tue, 29 Jul 2003 18:45:37 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Fw: [PHP] debuging and getting mor information about failures | ||
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* Thus wrote Jay Blanchard (jay.blanchard@niicommunications.com):
> [snip]
> I wonder why the heck the author didn't just go for the alternative
> syntax with proper end-tokens and get the added value they deliver.
> [/snip]
>
> At the risk of stepping of of the curb into the holy-war that rages
> about this the answer Mike is that a lot of PHP coders are what as known
> as "old school". They programmed in another older language where bracing
> was a requirement. It may be, for some, force of habit. Rather than the
> old dog learning a new trick, if the old trick works why fix it?
>
not to mention the % function in vi. with that I can easily find
missing brackets.
> :-)
hehe.. now I can start a vi/emacs war :)
Curt
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"I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure."