Re: Scalar type hinting

On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 7:53 PM, Kris Craig <kris.craig@gmail.com> wrote: > +1 what Anthony said. > > Guys, seriously. Some of these responses have been downright rude and > inappropriate for a constructive dialogue. Please do not pollute this > thread with cliche, "Just find another language and get out!" posts. It > doesn't add anything to the conversation and instead just creates needless > anger and animosity. It's immature and just makes it look like we're > incapable of having a rational discussion. > > So, let me outline a list of "arguments" that will carry ZERO weight on > this thread: > > - "If you don't like PHP as it is, goto Java (or some other language)!" > - "We've already talked about this before. Therefore, we must never > speak of it again." > - "This is impossible. Why? Because I said so. You want evidence? > Fuck you." > - "But this would require significant changes to the core source > code! We'd never be able to find enough sacrificial penguins to appease > the gods!" > - "Anyone who likes this idea is either stupid or not a 'true' PHP > developer." > - "If you disagree with me, it means you haven't done your homework > because I'm always right." > - "Strict typing would break everything! What? You're not talking > about C-like strict typing? Sorry, I didn't catch that. Strict typing > would break everything!...." > - "I don't care if you've already countered my argument. I'll just > keep repeating myself as if you didn't." > > > Variations of the above statements have been posted ad nauseum. They're > all based on logical fallacies and are not constructive. > > I'm putting this out there: If anyone posts one or more of the above > arguments yet again on this topic, I will personally extract one of your > kidneys and sell it to a questionable "dog food" company in Shanghai. I > will then openly mock your intellectual laziness and encourage people to > ignore you. ;P > > > I'd love to prove Daniel wrong, but I think he may be on to something.... > :\ > > it is weird that you are calling others rude. I'm sure you would feel hurt/personally attacked, if somebody would create a similar list of the little bit twisted arguments of yours. could we stay on the topic? another 14 mails to read. :/ -- Ferenc Kovács @Tyr43l - http://tyrael.hu