agreed :) On 8/25/07, Robert Cummings <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sat, 2007-08-25 at 10:57 -0400, Nathan Nobbe wrote: > > Robert, > > > > C is a low-level language whereas php is a high level language. > > ill admit it openly, i am biased toward oop / design patterns. > > and i think what i boils down to is what you view as 'icing' > > i view as 'bread-and-butter' ;) > > I've pulled Larry out of the CC list BTW :) > > I also prefer OOP when developing in PHP. > > > personally i shudder when i see a big pile of usntructured code, or > > a bunch of functions that are loosly organized, if at all. this > constitues > > most php applications i have seen in the industry of which i have > > been participating for roughly 3 yaers now. > > Oh I'd have to agree. Many things I've downloaded and looked at make me > want to gag. But, that's not a symptom of procedural code-- it's a > symptom of poor coding design/skill/style/ethic. > > > look at C++, Java, and PHP. these languages are all written in C; > > they are high level, and although php allows you to write proceedrual > > code, i think it is best used from an oop paradigm. > > That really depends. Just because we prefer to code in OOP in PHP, does > not in anyway discount the merit of well written non OOP PHP code. > > Cheers, > Rob. > -- > ........................................................... > SwarmBuy.com - http://www.swarmbuy.com > > Leveraging the buying power of the masses! > ........................................................... >