Re: [Operators overloading] PHP 5.1

I don't think its really a resentment (for the most part) against OO in PHP even if it seems that way. One of the stated goals of PHP is to have a low learning curve and this is something it does very well. I'm sure you can agree that OO concepts typically don't fit that criteria which is why you can still build complete PHP apps without using any OO concepts. So the seemingly resentful attitudes should probably be viewed as one of "lets do our best to keep this as simple as possible while retaining the power it is intended to provide". On Feb 3, 2005, at 4:36 PM, Terje Slettebø wrote:

Hm, from several postings, I've detected something of a - I don't quite know how to say it in English - resentment against OO on PHP lists and newsgroups. Why is this? Unfamiliarity with it, or what? It typically gets expressed as derogatory expressions like "cosyness" or "cuteness", as a "quick and dirty" attempt to discredit something without any proper argument.

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