Yeah, to think we used to have English Majors as the wait-staff in restaurants and drive-thrus so you at least were understood when giving your food and drink order... Richard Lynch wrote: <SNIP> > PHP *has* lowered the "entry barrier" ridiculously low, to the point > where we've got "idiots and English majors" writing really cool > software -- complete with a total lack of any security features > whatsoever. > > We've made it so damn easy -- Isn't it our responsibility, to some > degree, to warn users that they really do need to buy those trigger > guards and locked cabinets and store the ammo separately from the > weapon? <SNIP> > I sometimes think PHP is a like a loaded gun in the hands of a child, > it's just too damn easy to use and to get yourself into serious > trouble SO quickly and easily. > Yeah, though you know you can require things and make them mandatory when giving someone the weapon, but you sure can't make them use them. But I agree 100%. I know I used to write some crappy code, but I am definitely trying to get better about it all. Wolf -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
