2010/3/18 tedd <tedd.sperling@xxxxxxxxx>: > Calling it "ranting" or "religious" unjustly demeans the discussion and is > inflammatory. > In all of this, I've simply said it's your choice. What I said was: *persons ranting about short open tags* *are just like some religious people * I did not address you. On the other hand you're telling people here that their approach is "worse" and yours is great. IMHO this isn't a discussion but bashing without any reasoning. You simply say that XML is confused by a short open tag, but actually PHP is not embedded in XML. I quote you: > that's your choice -- but your decision is also a demonstration to your client/employer/peers as to your desire to produce the "best" possible code. > I look at code containing "<?=" the same way as I see html containing tables and embedded styling for presentation -- "This must be old code OR the programmer still doesn't get it". You make it very clear that you believe in your superior coding style.