Re: Direction for the Function Renaming Effort
| From: | Cynic | Date: | Thu, 08 Feb 2001 12:06:09 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Direction for the Function Renaming Effort | ||
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OOP is hard to grasp only for those stuck in the '60 structural
programming. :))
In other words, functional or object programming are just a
different approaches with equal amount of alienism to a novice.
If OOP is your entry point to programming, you won't have any
problems.
At 12:51 8.2. 2001, Phil Driscoll wrote the following:
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>Zak wrote:
>> You and your English k-niggggghts don't scare me. ;)
>
>Ni.
>
>> Users would not have to use classes - this is just a foul little hack
>>that
>> creates extra namespaces by exploiting a valid class behavior. :)
>
>To my mind that syntax just makes it harder for the novice. Currently you
>can (just about, if not completely) do everything that php can do without
>the slightest bit of OOP knowledge in your head. I think this is a very
>important feature (more important even than consistent function naming).
>
>Cheers
>--
>Phil Driscoll
>Dial Solutions
>+44 (0)113 294 5112
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>
>
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