> -----Original Message----- > From: Greg Donald [mailto:gdonald@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:00 PM > To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: What's wrong the __autoload()? > > On 3/12/08, Robert Cummings <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > You make it sound like this stuff is new or something. > > Obviously to some it is. Just in this thread we had a person claim to > only know PHP, C, and Java, none of which have any functional language > capabilities built in. > > > Lisp and other > > functional languages have had it for decades. Even JavaScript has it. > > I'm sorry, I lost context, what missing PHP language feature are you > referring to as "it"? > > > Your analogy is also way off... ask any person without legs if they > > think about walking. > > Here, let me dumb-it-down a bit: > > PHP doesn't have much in the way of meta-programming capabilities. > Therefore one would not find it a natural thought to do much > meta-programming in PHP, unless one already knew of a language where > such support exists. > > A different example using the same logic: My Mustang doesn't have > 4-wheel drive so I don't often think much about taking it through the > creeks and woods by my house like my old man and I do in his Bronco > that does have 4-wheel drive. A person who has never climbed a really > steep hill or ran through a waist-high creek in a 4-wheel drive auto > might think such a thing impossible if they were unaware of 4-wheel > drive. > > > -- > Greg Donald > http://destiney.com/ PHP has REAL-programming capabilities, that's why some *cool* functional but still pragmatic features like traits are being discussed on the internals list. PHP's success has its roots in raw pragmatism, easy to learn, easy to deal with. Still fast and OO capable. When RoR starts becoming a REAL PHP competitor, I'll think of learning it and pushing it into my company. Right now, I can only say that PHP is getting better and better. You may miss a lot of features you find in other languages, but PHP features get the job done. Regards, Rob Andrés Robinet | Lead Developer | BESTPLACE CORPORATION 5100 Bayview Drive 206, Royal Lauderdale Landings, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 | TEL 954-607-4296 | FAX 954-337-2695 | Email: info@xxxxxxxxxxxxx | MSN Chat: best@xxxxxxxxxxxxx | SKYPE: bestplace | Web: bestplace.biz | Web: seo-diy.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
