Re[2]: [PEAR-DEV] Some more plane hacking...
| From: | Nicolas Hoizey | Date: | Thu, 16 Aug 2001 10:26:00 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re[2]: [PEAR-DEV] Some more plane hacking... | ||
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> The only reason I see where a C extension makes sense is the speed,
> but the speed in the most of the php develpments isn't a real worry
> compared to maintainability or speed of development. If you want to
> write a C extension for a class put it in the class package space as
> another nice choice, but don't cut its usability to others.
Speed is often a real issue for professional use of PHP, so having
some of the core components of PEAR available as extensions would be
great !
I think it could be possible to have both the C and the PHP versions
running together, the right choice being made "automagicaly", don't
you think ? :)
-Nicolas
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